evangelical
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When Mike Huckabee took over as U.S. ambassador to Israel last year, he was shocked to discover that evangelical Christian organizations were struggling to obtain visas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Like many millennials, I grew up at the peak of the American abstinence education movement and the American evangelical obsession with virginity.
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026
The Traitors star was 23 years old and travelling the world onboard a Christian evangelical missionary ship when he came out to his fellow church members.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
"There is a dual importance here: expanding reach into the evangelical sphere and expanding reach among women," she said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
Most pollsters agree that people who identify themselves as white evangelical Christians make up about a quarter of the population, just as they have for decades.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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A breakdown of the April Pew poll shows that among white evangelicals under 50, 50% now view Israel unfavorably.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
The growing chorus of outspoken former evangelicals tells similar stories of learning more about the Bible and questioning what they have been taught.
From Salon ● Jul. 1, 2026
He spends chapters meditating on trauma and fatherhood, on periods of feeling spiritually adrift, on coming to love a “majestic” faith tradition while remaining connected to the rowdy evangelicals of his childhood.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026
"More traditional members of the Church, including conservative evangelicals, many of whom represent quite large churches… became increasingly vocal about what they might do if the blessings went ahead without this full approval procedure."
From BBC ● Dec. 24, 2025
And these Ivy League evangelicals, in turn, are just a small fraction of the large number of their affluent fellow believers.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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