That comes even as the share of Americans who describe themselves as Christian (now at 71 percent) has dropped in that time, Pew researchers noted....
http://religionnews.com/2017/01/03/religious-make-up-of-the-new-congress-overwhelmingly-christian/
Monday, January 9, 2017
Religious makeup of the new Congress overwhelmingly Christian | Religion News Service
The United States Congress is about as Christian today as it was in the early 1960s, according to a new analysis by Pew Research Center.
Nearly 91 percent of members of the 115th Congress convening Tuesday (Jan. 3) describe themselves as Christian, compared to 95 percent of Congress members serving from 1961 to 1962, according to congressional data compiled by CQ Roll Call and analyzed by Pew.
That comes even as the share of Americans who describe themselves as Christian (now at 71 percent) has dropped in that time, Pew researchers noted....
http://religionnews.com/2017/01/03/religious-make-up-of-the-new-congress-overwhelmingly-christian/
That comes even as the share of Americans who describe themselves as Christian (now at 71 percent) has dropped in that time, Pew researchers noted....
http://religionnews.com/2017/01/03/religious-make-up-of-the-new-congress-overwhelmingly-christian/
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