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Go Figure

Recent stats on salvation, black Protestants and gay rights, and evangelicals’ political leanings.

43%

65%

14%

American Christians who “accepted Jesus Christ as their Savior” before reaching the age of 13. Black Protestants who said in 1996 that homosexuals should have the same rights as other Americans. Evangelical Protestants who identify themselves as “liberal.”

64%

40%

55%

Christians who did so before the age of 18. Black Protestants who said this in 2004. Evangelical Protestants who identify themselves as “conservative.”

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Sources: The Barna Group, Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.

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