THE REBIRTH OF THE "BORN AGAIN" MOVEMENT - D Paul Graunke - April 1977

D Paul Graunke

The election of a "born-again" Christian president has focused attention on the most significant movement among American Protestants. It has also tempted Evangelicals to become involved with the election of candidates as well as the election to grace. President Jimmy Carter unabashedly confesses that he is one. So do Senator Mark O. Hatfield of Oregon and congressman John B. Anderson of Illinois. Charles Colson, former aide to Richard Nixon, has written a best-selling autobiography recounting how he became one. Eldridge Cleaver, onetime Black Panther leader, returned to the United States to face trial on assault charges as the result of an experience that made him one. What these individuals-and perhaps 40 million more Americans and additional millions worldwide -profess to be are "born-again" or evangelical Christians. The terms "born again" and "evangelical" are used interchangeably to describe these Christians because of the two salient aspects of their faith. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library