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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank

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To: Lane3 who wrote (73019)8/22/2003 11:01:08 AM
From: Neocon  Read Replies (1) of 82486
 
Poll: Most Americans Say They're Christian
Varies Greatly From the World at Large
ABC News
Analysis
By Gary Langer
July 18

....Evangelicals

Thirty-seven percent of all Christians describe themselves as born-again or evangelical; that includes nearly half of all Protestants (47 percent), as well as a small share (14 percent) of Catholics.

Baptists again dominate: Sixty-two percent of Baptists say they're evangelical Christians, compared to 46 percent of all other Protestant denominations combined, and 37 percent of nondenominational Protestants.

Evangelism soars particularly among blacks, and southerners: Two-thirds of blacks describe themselves as evangelical or born-again Christians, double the share of whites who do so. And 55 percent of Christians in the South say they're born-again, compared to 21 percent in the Northeast, 26 percent in the Midwest and 31 percent in the West.

Lower-income Christians also are more apt to be evangelicals. Among those with household incomes under $35,000, 45 percent are evangelicals; among those with higher incomes this declines to 31 percent. ....

abcnews.go.com
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