CALIFORNIA, USA, December 13, 2002: A Christian marketing research company says non-Christians in the United States view evangelical Christians “somewhat more kindly than prostitutes, but with less affection than lesbians and lawyers.” According to George Barna, president of Barna Research Group, many non-Christians expressed negative impressions of evangelicals because they don’t know who or what an evangelical is. The BRG, which analyzes cultural trends in Christianity, asked non-Christian respondents to rank and compare their impressions of evangelicals against eleven categories of people. Military officers ranked top with a 56% favorable impression, next ministers, then born-again Christians, Democrats, Republicans, real-estate agents, movie and TV performers, lawyers, lesbians, evangelicals (at 22% favorable) and prostitutes (at 5% favorable).
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