Commentary:  The truth behind the myth of evangelical power

(UNDATED) The idea that Christian evangelicals are flourishing and could take over America is the biggest publicity scam in the country’s history. Put forth by evangelicals and politicians seeking power, unquestioningly accepted by most of the media, this idea has caused the true majority of America’s Christians to be almost totally shut out of the […]

(UNDATED) The idea that Christian evangelicals are flourishing and could take over America is the biggest publicity scam in the country’s history. Put forth by evangelicals and politicians seeking power, unquestioningly accepted by most of the media, this idea has caused the true majority of America’s Christians to be almost totally shut out of the public square. Their faith has been so often disparaged as weak and ineffective that even some of them have come to believe those lies. By anointing themselves the big winners in American Christianity, America’s most conservative evangelicals have distorted the image of American faith at home and abroad. They have done incalculable damage to the cause of Christianity.

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