AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
The Different Definitions of Evangelical
The truly evangelical 9% that Barna found in 1993, the self identified evangelical 42% that Gallup poll found the same year. That's a four full difference between self identified and what Barna does. Life Way did more recently in like 2014, 15, distinguished between belief and practice. Being evangelical means you have to believe certain things but also engage in certain practices of spiritual formation and of Christian faith.