22 Percent of Evangelicals Believe in ‘Gender Fluidity,’ Report Finds

A new survey showing that one in five evangelicals believes in “gender fluidity” suggests that many Christians are following the culture instead of God’s Word, according to a prominent Christian college president.

The LifeWay Research “State of Theology” poll, conducted for Ligonier Ministries and released Sept. 8, revealed that 22 percent of U.S. evangelicals believe “gender identity is a matter of choice,” while three-fourths (73 percent) of American evangelicals disagree.

Ligonier, in an online analysis, said it is “concerning” that so many evangelicals appear “to reject” the “Bible’s teaching that our gender as male or female is given by God our Creator (Gen 1:27).” Ligonier said the issue will be the “battle for the next generation.”

“Children down to the earliest ages are now being told that they have the autonomy to determine whether they are a boy, a girl, or neither,” said Stephen Nichols, chief academic officer of Ligonier Ministries and president of Reformation Bible College.

“Not only does this threaten an entire generation with lifelong trauma, but more ultimately this message is one of treason against the supreme authority of God. Christians must listen and submit to God’s steadfast Word in all that it teaches, but the 2020 State of Theology survey suggests that many American evangelicals are instead listening to the changing voice of…