“The word Baptist is such a turnoff,” said David Roozen, director of the Hartford Institute for Religion Research in Connecticut, who has documented the name-changing trend. “There is a kind of national skepticism about evangelical Christianity because of the religious right and the connection to the Bush administration. You say ‘Baptist’ and people almost automatically think conservative.”
Churches rename to escape stigma
“The word Baptist is such a turnoff,” said David Roozen, director of the Hartford Institute for Religion Research in Connecticut, who has documented the name-changing trend. “There is a kind of national skepticism about evangelical Christianity because of the religious right and the connection to the Bush administration. You say ‘Baptist’ and people almost automatically […]
