A growing religious demographic group in the US "self-identified evangelicals who attend religious services fewer than once a month" [1]. "Christian" has, in t

A growing religious demographic group in the US "self-identified evangelicals who attend religious services fewer than once a month" [1]. "Christian" has, in the US, become increasingly synonymous with "Republican" rather than "follower of Jesus Christ". It's slowly becoming just another label that does the job "Traditional Values" used to do before that one lost its stickiness: it's increasingly just a dogwhistle. As a Christian in a red state, it makes me pretty depressed. I find it hopeful to see trends outside the US political bubble. I hope in the long term it won't be just a political descriptor or a convenient in-group label to wear, but may again be used primarily to describe a set of binding values. [1] https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2022/august-web-only/church-attendance-sbc-southern-evangelicals-now-lapsed.html https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2022/august-web-only/ch...