The American Evangelical Response To October 7
No one was shocked when leading American Evangelical Christians – long known for
their stalwart defense of Israeli governments, offered overwhelming support for the Jewish
state’s strong military response to the brutal October 7, 2023, Hamas massacres in southern
Israel. Yet, a close look at data on American Evangelicals from recent years reveals that the
community’s ironclad support of Jerusalem’s government seems poised for a decline in the
coming years. This happens as younger generations seem less unquestioning of Israel – an issue
also faced in the American Jewish community – and the number of self-identified Evangelicals
themselves drops as a percentage of the American population.