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Orthodoxy “missed” the Reformation for good and bad. There are issues raised by the Reformers and the Counter-Reformation that deserve Eastern attention. This attention is on-going in Christian dialogue between the Orthodox and Protestants and Catholics. To the extent that I understand those historic issues and follow the dialogues, I see great merit in the views of Lutherans and Anglicans, though within an Orthodox context. Evangelical Protestants are marked by a desire to share their faith, a very high view of Scripture, and a willingness to engage the modern world.

This jumped out at me as well.

It's an interesting read, but the author does show some misunderstanding of the non Roman Catholic and Orthodox religious world. As an Evangelical Christian, a baptized Baptist, I am not a Protestant. I share a common faith with my Reformed brethren especially in the 5 Solas, but Evangelicals are not Protestants.

....On the pressing issues of the time, where the Christian faith is under assault, American Protestants, especially Evangelicals, are on the side of the angels and often almost the only foot soldiers standing with us.

It would be nice to have the added numbers at the ballot box, but I don't see the Orthodox, or Roman Catholics, voting for the conservatives in anything close to the numbers that Evangelicals do. If they did states dominated by these 2 religious groups would be conservative rather than the liberal bastion's they are.