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Recent statistics on young evangelical’s politics and ‘Christian fundamentalist religions.’

2:1   Ratio of self-identified Republicans to Democrats among evangelicals ages 18-29.

4:1   Ratio in 2005.

(Source: Pew Research Center)

70%   Evangelicals 18-29 who favor “making it more difficult for a woman to get an abortion.”

55%   Evangelicals 30 and older who favor this.

(Source: Pew Research Center)

31%   Americans who say they have a favorable impression of “Christian fundamentalist religions.”

31%   Americans who say they have an unfavorable impression (the rest say they haven’t heard enough to say or are unsure).

(Source: CBS News)

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An Incomplete Reconciliation

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Hour of Decision

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Suffocating the Faithful

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The Invasion of God

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How We Fight Poverty

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Christmas 'Jars'

Interview by Mark Moring

Unexpected Global Lessons

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Q&A: Karekin II

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Quotation Marks

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Passages

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Hybrid Test Drive

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Undercover Clinic

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Tulsa Dustup

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Voting Values

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'Federation' Charts New Frontier

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Wycliffe Woes

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