I'm not surprised Evangelical Christianity is on the rise

Life is full of ironies. Europe’s immigration revolution was caused by two major developments, and both had hugely ironic results. Europe’s Holocaust complex and sense of self-hatred following the Nazi horror led to a reactive obsession with racism as the ultimate evil, which led, ironically, to large-scale immigration from among the most anti-Semitic countries on earth, widespread “anti-Zionism” in Europe, and an increase in hate crimes against Jews across the continent.

The second factor was the sexual revolution, the decline of church attendance, the invention of the Pill, the 1967 Abortion Act and the increase in female employment, which caused the European birth rates to plummet in the early 1970s, leading to a need for foreign labour. Thirty years later burqas and hijabs were common on Britain’s streets.

But the spiritual vacuum caused by the decline of the Anglican, Catholic and Methodist churches in England is being filled by other forces. According to the Mail Evangelical Christianity is on the rise.

Read the full article: http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/edwest/100019857/im-not-surprised-evangelical-christianity-is-on-the-rise/

Ed West
Telegraph (UK)