Friday, September 5, 2008

Report: Many Don't Know What an 'Evangelical' Is

From CBN News:

Evangelical Christians are in the headlines a lot this election year. But today, we learned that most Americans do not know what an "evangelical Christian" is. Although the mainstream media and politicians regularly refer to evangelicals -- most Americans do not understand the term. Ellison Research found that 36 percent of Americans say they have no idea what the word means.

Fifty-six percent were able to give some kind of definition -- but their answers varied greatly.
"We only had 56 percent of all Americans who could even give any kind of a substantive answer as to what an evangelical was," said Ron Sellers with Ellison Research.

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