Stereotype: An evangelical is a white, middle-class male Republican from the southern part of the United States.
The Real Picture: Now, for sure, many evangelicals would indeed fit into this description, and they are the demographic about which the mainstream news media writes the most. But, in truth, this description presents a highly misleading picture, and also a dangerous one, as it confuses evangelicalism as a whole, which is a worldwide, global movement, with just a tiny segment of it, and gives it a political coloring that is utterly atypical of evangelicals in most countries today. For it is now widely said that the average evangelical is an economically poor black Nigerian woman with numerous family members suffering from HIV/AIDS.
So wrong gender, wrong skin color, wrong country, wrong social class—in fact wrong everything when it comes to the stereotype of evangelicals we commonly see on television or in the newspapers.
Join Crossway and author Christopher Catherwood at Capitol Hill Baptist in DC for The Evangelicals Beyond the Border: Who They Are, What They Believe, and Their Global Impact (based on his new book The Evangelicals).
- What: A Seminar, Q&A, and Book Signing
- When: Tuesday, August 31 2010, 7-8:30pm EST
- Where: Capitol Hill Baptist Church
525 A Street NE
Washington, DC 20002 - Cost: Free and open to the public
- Webinar available right here at crossway.org/blog
Be sure RSVP if you plan to attend the event at Capitol Hill Baptist. Complimentary copies of the book available to all attendees in addition to a free ESV Study Bible for the first 50 to RSVP by August 25th to acheatham@crossway.org.
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