According to the Dallas News Religion Blog:
Fifty-three percent of college professors have a negative view of evangelican Christians, according to a new study. The study, by the Institute for Jewish & Community Research [IJC] in San Francisco, found no other major religious group held in such disdain. Mormons were a distant second, with about a third of college professors having a negative view of that faith group.
Jeff's Take: The IJC posted their two year, one hundred page report online. I'm actually in the process of reading the whole thing now. Having attended and graduated from a liberal university, this isn't a surprise. Here's several bullet points from the report:
* Evangelicals were the only group to be viewed negatively by the majority.
* 30% of the Faculty intereviewed ARE evangelicals.
* 20% of the Faculty say that religion is important to them
* 71% of the Faculty agreed with the statement: "This country would be better off if Christian fundamentalists kept their religious beliefs out of politics."
There's a lot of solid info in this report. I'm going to revisit this soon, but let me leave you with this: Is there any better opportunity for Kingdom Impact than on a college campus? I've done college ministry, on the church and parachurch level. And honestly all of our efforts were focused on the students. Effective yes, but not missional. Maybe God is showing us that to reach the campus we should be reaching the profs. What the campus needs is not someone telling profs they are going to Hell, but someone to invest into their lives over time.
Thanks to Monday Morning Insight for the heads up.
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