Sentence examples for majority of Protestants from inspiring English sources

The June 7 British election showed that a majority of Protestants might no longer support the agreement they backed in a referendum three years ago.

Evangelical Christians account for a slim majority of Protestants, and those who leave one evangelical denomination usually move to another, rather than to mainline churches.

The overwhelming majority of Protestants prefer that the union with Great Britain continue, and they most often vote for those parties dedicated to that end.

In Upper Canada (now in Ontario), where a majority of Protestants were non-Anglican, controversy over the Clergy Reserves arose soon after the conclusion of the War of 1812.

While the work provided by the "yard" may have been allocated to a majority of Protestants, the erratic market in which they operated meant that employment security was not always guaranteed.

The moves today come as a majority of Protestants, having lost faith in the peace process they once backed, are putting pressure on David Trimble, the head of the Ulster Unionist Party and the leader of Northern Ireland's home-rule government, to persuade Britain to get tougher with Sinn Fein, the political party of the Irish Republican Army.

The majority of Protestant churches, while celebrating the day without ritual ceremonies, give palms increasing prominence.

But a majority of Protestant seminaries are smaller independents, and many, including Andover Newton, lack adequate endowments.

"Even today, the majority of Protestant American missionaries are more likely to be conservative evangelicals than from the so-called mainline denominations," said Robert T. Coote of the Overseas Ministries Study Center.

Ian Paisley, 73 years old but still belligerent, hopes he will top the poll in the elections to the European Parliament to demonstrate that a majority of Protestant voters are now opposed to the fading "peace process".

A survey conducted by the Christian research firm LifeWay last year found that while the majority of Protestant pastors (86percentt) agree that Christians have a responsibility to care for refugees and foreigners, many also say that their church has a sense of fear about refugees coming to the United States (44percentt).