[stainlessbanner]

good read - long - but good.
some highlights:

• 4 out of 10 Americans identify themselves as evangelical or born-again Christians.
• "We are back to a situation in which evangelicalism dominates our culture."
• 40 percent of Bush's [G.W.] votes came from religious conservatives.
• "There are a disturbing number of people who feel that the [Republican] party is not fighting enough in areas like abortion and same-sex marriages."
• "We [evangelicals] are offering people a different and better way to live than secular America offers."
• "Increasingly, there is evangelicalism and secularism, and if you're not going to be evangelical, why play the game at all?"

 

[billbears]

"I am a registered Republican," says Laura Camp, "but I will vote for a non-Republican candidate who I think is trying to make changes in a positive way."

Well said. And very good news on the church front.

It explains why evangelicals put so much money and energy into extensive social-service ministries, and why so many evangelical pastors strive to create "seeker-friendly" megachurches with nontraditional, multimedia services that reassure and entertain as much as they edify

Although I can't say as I've seen as much of that, at least in our church. At one time it was indeed moving to that but attendance dropped instead of grew. The pastor went back to the more traditional sermons and our church has grown. Mind you, it's still a small church (about 200 on any Sunday morning) but I have to admit I feel closer to God in that sort of service

[4CJ]

"There are a disturbing number of people who feel that the [Republican] party is not fighting enough in areas like abortion and same-sex marriages."

I'm one.

"We [evangelicals] are offering people a different and better way to live than secular America offers."

Bump.

The pastor went back to the more traditional sermons and our church has grown. Mind you, it's still a small church (about 200 on any Sunday morning) but I have to admit I feel closer to God in that sort of service

Some of the churches here have began offering a traditional service and one more praise/evangelical on Sunday mornings. I know what you mean, but I do like some of the newer music.