More Christians in U.S. support Israel than Christians in Israel itself, survey shows
A new survey showed that more Christians in the United States are supporting Israel now more than ever and want the U.S. government to step up its support for the Jewish nation.
A 2015 survey by the Pew Research Center showed that 55 percent of white evangelicals in the U.S. believe America is not supporting Israel enough, while 36 percent say the support is just right and only 6 percent believe the U.S. is giving too much support, CBN News reported.
Another survey by LifeWay Research in the same year showed 80 percent of evangelical pastors agreed that Christians should support Israel.
In an earlier Pew survey conducted in 2013, a total of 82 percent of white evangelicals say they believe God gave the land of Israel to the Jewish people.
However, the survey found that only 19 percent of Christians in Israel have the same opinion. A total of 66 percent say it is not true while 9 percent say they don't know what to think, according to CBN News.
Pew discovered that only 2 percent of Israel's population was Christian, divided between Catholic and Orthodox Christians. Protestants and Messianic Jews comprised less than .5 percent of the population of Israel.
The 2013 survey also showed that 86 percent of Israeli Christians believe the U.S. is supporting Israel too much with only 6 percent saying that the U.S. does not support Israel enough while 7 percent say the support is just right.
This is in contrast with American Christians, based on the 2013 Pew study, that showed that only 18 percent say the U.S. government supports Israel too much. A total of 29 percent of American Christians say the U.S. is not supporting Israel enough while 41 percent say the support is just right.
The 2015 Pew survey of Israeli Christians showed that 34 percent say they pray daily and 38 percent say they go to church at least weekly.
In contrast, 68 percent of American Christians and 79 percent of U.S. evangelicals say they pray every day.
A total of 47 percent of Christians and 58 percent of evangelicals in the U.S. also attend church at least once a week.
