Poll: Most Americans Value Prayer
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February 5, 2023 at 10:29 amFather, thank You for what this poll shows. Continue to demonstrate the power and importance of prayer in the life of every American. In the mighty name of Jesus! AMEN🙏🏻❤️🕊
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February 5, 2023 at 10:30 amI thank God for ALL who take time to pray.🙏🏻
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February 5, 2023 at 10:32 amDespite the skepticism or even outright hostility with which many respond to the very idea of prayer, it seems that the majority of people still appreciate prayer, especially as a response to tragedy. Dear READERS; Do you appreciate PRAYERS?
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February 5, 2023 at 10:33 amA new poll reveals that the overwhelming majority of Americans see public calls, or posts, for prayer in a time of tragedy as a force for good, with such a belief extending across all demographic subgroups.
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February 5, 2023 at 10:34 amSummit Ministries, in conjunction with McLaughlin & Associates, conducted an online poll released to the public Tuesday of 1,000 likely voters from Jan. 19-23, asking them to weigh in on the power of prayer.
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February 5, 2023 at 10:35 amThe poll came a few weeks after Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin’s collapse after suffering cardiac arrest during a Jan. 2 game against the Cincinnati Bengals and his subsequent recovery. Hamlin’s recovery followed an outpouring of support from the American public, which included the offering of prayers on his behalf.
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February 5, 2023 at 10:36 amWith a sampling error margin of 3.1 percentage points, the poll found that two-thirds of respondents (67%) told pollsters that they saw public calls for prayer after a national tragedy as “helpful.”
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February 5, 2023 at 10:37 amOn the other hand, nearly 20% of those surveyed characterized public calls for prayer amid a national tragedy as “pointless.” The remaining 13% either had no opinion or refused to answer the question.😳
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February 5, 2023 at 10:38 amBelief in the power of prayer cut across all demographic subgroups, with most respondents of all races, age groups, genders, marital statuses, political ideologies and regions classifying it as “helpful.” 👏
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February 5, 2023 at 10:39 amThe share of respondents with favorable opinions of public calls to prayer in times of tragedy descended with each generation, with 77% of Americans over the age of 65 believing in the power of prayer, followed by 70% of those aged 56-65, 68% of those between the ages of 41 and 55 and 62% of respondents aged 30-40.
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February 5, 2023 at 10:40 amJesus prayed. That’s all I need to know. Prayer matters.
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February 5, 2023 at 10:40 amAmericans between the ages of 18-29 were the group least likely to view public calls for prayer as effective. Fifty-five percent of respondents under 30 identified calls for prayer as “helpful,” while 27% dismissed them as “pointless.”😉
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February 5, 2023 at 10:41 amLiberals had a higher share of respondents who viewed public calls to prayer as “pointless” (30%).
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February 5, 2023 at 10:42 am“Some people say there’s not really a generational difference, but there is,” Summit Ministries President Jeff Myers, whose ministry seeks to provide resources to ground Christians in a biblical worldview, said in a statement. “Young adults are more likely to say that they have no religious preference and this poll seems to reflect that.”
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February 5, 2023 at 10:43 amMyers expressed gratitude that “still, more than half of young Americans, the most skeptical generation, believe that public calls to prayer are effective.”
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February 5, 2023 at 10:43 am“In times of crisis, Americans are still likely to come together even in spite of their partisan differences,” he added. “The fact that people want to pray together, I think, is one of those … increasingly rare moments of unity. If it happens around prayer, all the better.”
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February 5, 2023 at 10:43 amI believe prayer is POWERFUL! 💥
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February 5, 2023 at 10:44 amThe poll illustrated a degree of consensus, with majorities of conservatives (80%), Republicans (73%), Democrats (65%), independents (62%) and liberals (59%) seeing calls to prayer as helpful.
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February 5, 2023 at 10:45 amMajorities of African Americans (73%), southerners (72%), women (71%), residents of the Midwest (70%), married respondents (69%), whites (67%), Hispanics (66%), Americans living in the eastern U.S. (64%), men (63%), single respondents (62%) and residents of the west coast (60%) said the same.
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February 5, 2023 at 10:46 amSummit Ministries partners with McLaughlin & Associates for a monthly poll to ask questions related to several topics, such as prayer, biblical values and the rejection of cancel culture.
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February 5, 2023 at 10:46 amThe nonprofit seeks to “find out where there really is consensus in spite of the key divide that we often see in America.”
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February 5, 2023 at 10:48 am“We’re finding that probably 70% of Americans are people with solid values who just want to live their lives,” Myers added. 🎈“Thirty percent of Americans want to tell everybody else what to do and they can be nasty about it. Sometimes, the fear of the 30% causes the 70% to be silent, and I’m hoping that our polls show that they don’t need to be, that most people are with them.”
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February 5, 2023 at 10:48 amMyers expressed gratitude that the nation rallied around Hamlin and that “a lot of people, especially high-profile NFL athletes, felt comfortable with sharing their faith.”
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February 5, 2023 at 10:49 amIn his first on-camera comments since his collapse on the field, the 24-year-old Hamlin said Saturday that his collapse “was a direct example of God using me as a vessel to share my passion and my love directly from my heart with the entire world.”
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February 5, 2023 at 10:50 amSince his collapse, Hamlin’s charity has raised over $9 million to help provide toys for kids in need.
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