Evangelical leaders see their influence falling
Are U.S. evangelicals losing their influence on America? A new poll
from the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life seems to say just that,
with the vast majority—82 percent—of U.S. evangelical leaders saying
their influence on the country is declining.
At the same time,
their counterparts in Africa, Asia and Latin America are far more
optimistic. "There's both a huge optimism gap and a huge influence gap
in terms of the way these folks perceive things," said Luis Lugo,
director of the Pew Forum.
Researchers surveyed more than 2,000
leaders invited to attend the Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization
in Cape Town, South Africa, last year. Findings were released June 22.
