Why Evangelicals Have Lost Their Unified Voice in Washington

By Published on June 1, 2015

Evangelicals have gone through a good deal of handwringing over a younger generation that is less predictably faithful than their parents. Now, evangelical leaders in Washington are having trouble sending the kind of unified message that will entice them to follow.

While a handful of leaders was once able to rally evangelicals to flood Washington with phone calls about an issue, the younger generation has many more leaders to choose from, thanks in part to social media like Twitter.

This stymies the ability of an institution like Washingtonโ€™s Family Research Council to reach them. Complicating things is the fact that increasingly young evangelicals are disagreeing with the tone of their message.

Read the article “Why Evangelicals Have Lost Their Unified Voice in Washington” on washingtonpost.com.

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