Evangelical Divide: New Report Details What Evangelicals Think About Social and Political Issues
By Clemente Lisi - Posted at MinistryWatch:
Published March 18, 2024
While a majority of American evangelicals may be united by fundamental spiritual beliefs, they are by no means in agreement on a variety of hot-button subjects, according to a new study released last week.The report, issued by Infinity Concepts and Grey Matter Research, reveals that a majority of American evangelicals call themselves politically conservative, but 24% labeled themselves moderates and another 12% politically progressive.
Eight months before the 2024 presidential election that will feature a rematch between President Biden and Donald Trump, the report brings into sharper focus what evangelicals think about a host of issues that could impact the outcome.
Here are a few highlights from the 38-page report:
— There was no difference in the level of “spiritual engagement” evangelicals have when also considering their political beliefs.
— Despite issues often associated with left-wing politics, a majority of liberal evangelicals also believe abortion is a sin (62%), while even more deemed sex before marriage (70%), homosexual sex (70%) and pornography (80%) as sinful.
— The only issues a majority of evangelicals “feel churches and church leaders should be very involved with publicly” were abortion (54%) and what was acceptable when it came to public expressions of faith (51%).
— Election integrity (81%), gun laws (64%), free speech (58%) and criminal justice reform (54%) were all considered to be mostly political issues by most evangelicals.
— Abortion is mostly divided between a religious issue (42%) and a social issue (36%). Antisemitism had a similar division (43% social versus 38% religious).
Eight months before the 2024 presidential election that will feature a rematch between President Biden and Donald Trump, the report brings into sharper focus what evangelicals think about a host of issues that could impact the outcome.
Here are a few highlights from the 38-page report:
— There was no difference in the level of “spiritual engagement” evangelicals have when also considering their political beliefs.
— Despite issues often associated with left-wing politics, a majority of liberal evangelicals also believe abortion is a sin (62%), while even more deemed sex before marriage (70%), homosexual sex (70%) and pornography (80%) as sinful.
— The only issues a majority of evangelicals “feel churches and church leaders should be very involved with publicly” were abortion (54%) and what was acceptable when it came to public expressions of faith (51%).
— Election integrity (81%), gun laws (64%), free speech (58%) and criminal justice reform (54%) were all considered to be mostly political issues by most evangelicals.
— Abortion is mostly divided between a religious issue (42%) and a social issue (36%). Antisemitism had a similar division (43% social versus 38% religious).
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