Evangelical Protestants – born-again, Bible-believing and ever-ready to spread the Word – make up the country’s biggest religious group, with 26 percent of all U.S. adults. Marching under that banner are some of America’s most prominent figures of faith, from Rick Warren to Franklin Graham.
And who is most closely identified with mega-churches, contemporary Christian music, mass-rally evangelism and best-selling, purpose-driven Christian books? That’s right: Evangelicals. Sounds like a golden age for the evangelical church, right?
Wrong, says Warren Cole Smith, an evangelical journalist and longtime editor of The Charlotte World.
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