Evangelicals told they must rescue their title

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[Anglican Mainstream] 17 Apr 2008--Evaneglicals must act now to stop the term ‘evangelical’ going the same was as ‘fundamentalist’, it has been claimed.

Despite previously being associated with great names such as the abolitionist William Wilberforce and activist Lord Shaftesbury, now a group of researchers believe ‘evangelical’ is rapidly becoming a by-word.

The warning came from extensive study carried out by the Jubilee Centre, a Christian social reform organisation based in Cambridge. John Hayward, executive director of the centre, said their research found that many in parliament viewed evangelicals as people against the use of contraceptives. “Our research on Hansard found that as far as parliamentarians are concerned ‘evangelical’ is a word to be associated with condoms,” he said.