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Most Americans don't like Christian celebrity culture, megachurches: study

By Filings on Fri, 05/26/23
Society & Culture
Celebrity Pastors
Christian Celebrities
Barna Research

Barna study: “While a majority of Americans have a positive view of Jesus, most, including Christians, also have a negative opinion of celebrity Christian culture, celebrity pastors, Evangelicals, megachurches and famous worship bands” - CPost

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JD Miller

NewLet this sink in

Mon, 05/29/23

Larger majorities of Christians also expressed positive views regarding Jesus Christ (84%), Christianity (74%), the Bible (78%) and spirituality (75%).

So does that mean that 16% of "Christians" do not have a positive view of Jesus Christ? What about the 22% who do not have a positive view of the Bible?

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