New Survey Reveals Evangelicals Make Up Smaller Portion of U.S. Population than Expected

Crosswalk.com reports: “A new survey says that evangelicals make up a smaller portion of the U.S. population than commonly believed, even if they remain a significant demographic. The American Worldview Inventory survey from George Barna at Arizona Christian University found that 10 percent of U.S. adults qualify as evangelicals by using a definition consistent with the National Association of Evangelicals’ own definition. That definition, according to the report, ‘defines evangelicals as people who recognize their sinful life, rely upon Jesus Christ for their redemption, and receive practical life guidance and wisdom from the Bible in their quest to live under the lordship of Jesus.’

If the 10 percent statistic is correct, then 25 to 30 million adults in the U.S. are evangelical. 

‘In reality, evangelicals are far fewer in number than typically reported, often are far less biblical in their thinking than one might think, and tend to vote in far fewer numbers than expected,’ the report said. 

A 2015 Pew study, for example, found that 25.4 percent of U.S. adults were evangelical Protestants…”

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