How Trump and Harris fared with faith voters in 2024
When Donald Trump won reelection last week, exit polls show he was propelled to victory by gains in a wide swath of demographic groups and buffered, once more, by strong support from Christian voters.. In fact, Trump made gains in nearly every category of self-identified Christians running against Kamala Harris compared to his run in 2020 against Joe Biden.
Understanding the David Platt story – Baptist News Global
Oct 28, 2024 · The chairman of trustees — and chairman of the presidential search committee — at the IMB when Platt was elected was David Uth, pastor at First Baptist Orlando, Fla. Uth’s second in command at First Baptist Orlando was Danny De Armas, who simultaneously chaired the trustee board at the SBC North American Mission Board.
I asked people why they’re leaving Christianity, and here’s what I ...
Dec 13, 2022 · For some time now, Christianity has been on the decline. According to a September 2022 Pew study, people identifying as Christian have decreased from 90% of the U.S. population in 1972 to 64% in 2020.. But it’s not just researchers who are talking about this. As of Dec. 6, 2020, the hashtag “#exchristian” had 696.7 million cumulative views on TikTok and was assigned to more than 68,600 ...
More evangelical leaders on board Trump train for 2024
Jan 24, 2024 · Ben Carson, the doctor and author who served in Trump’s cabinet as secretary of Housing and Urban Development, has been campaigning for Trump and is rumored to be up for a position in the next Trump administration should there be one.. Trump “has just been a friend of religion and of faith,” said Carson, one of the few former Trump cabinet members to back the former president, while 17 ...
Prominent Texas church quietly quits the SBC
Oct 28, 2024 · Note: This story was updated Oct. 29 with additional comments from church leaders. One of the most prominent Baptist churches in Texas quietly quit the Southern Baptist Convention Oct. 27 — part of an unnoticed trend that’s hard to document on a national level.. While updating its bylaws, Park Cities Baptist Church in Dallas removed reference to …
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It’s Pete Hegseth’s theology that ought to concern us
Nov 26, 2024 · Hegseth has multiple ties to Wilson and the various enterprises he’s founded and influences. On the “Extremely American” podcast, Wilson recently said one of his goals is to get like-minded people into positions of influence. He later told the Idaho Capital-Sun he supports Hegseth’s nomination: “I was grateful for Trump’s win and believe that it …
Matt Queen resigns Greensboro church – Baptist News Global
Nov 10, 2024 · Earlier this year, Queen left the seminary’s employment and was named pastor at Friendly Avenue Baptist Church. However, he has been on administrative leave there since his indictment in federal court May 21. After his guilty plea Oct. 16, Queen reportedly refused to resign the pastorate, and the church’s bylaws require a 75% vote of the congregation to terminate a …
Matthew Taylor’s new book explores how ‘the fringe became the …
Matthew Taylor’s timely and disturbing new book, The Violent Take It by Force: The Christian Movement That Is Threatening Our Democracy, explores the politicization of America’s independent charismatics and neo-Pentecostals and the resulting “charismaticization of right-wing politics.” Taylor bids farewell to one generation of Religious Right …
Faithful America inducts 12 more into its ‘false prophets’ hall of fame
Nov 6, 2023 · Two weeks into his new job, the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives already has made the list. Although it’s a list he might not want to be on. Mike Johnson is one of 12 “false prophets” highlighted this year by Faithful America, the organization behind the “False Prophets Don’t Speak for Me” campaign. The 12 new inductees into the hall of …