White Evangelicals most supportive of Trump 100 days in: Pew
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“Approval rating underwater among all other religious demographics” - CPost
As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
“Approval rating underwater among all other religious demographics” - CPost
“their views and policy priorities simply can be ignored by the real leaders of the current GOP because there is no reason to concede anything to people whose vote you will have no matter what.” - Mere Orthodoxy
“…it’s noteworthy that Trump continued to make inroads among evangelicals—his share of the vote went from 70% to 75% in the last three elections.” - Ryan Burge
“Baptism has a marginal role in this picture. Yet baptism is central to the Christian life: commanded by Jesus, taught by the apostles, and honored, practiced, and contemplated from church fathers like Augustine of Hippo and Cyril of Jerusalem through Protestant reformers like Martin Luther and John Calvin.
“Eleven months after the resignation of World Evangelical Alliance Secretary General Thomas Schirrmacher for health reasons, the global evangelical body announced that the search for its next leader is underway.” - CPost
“The statement’s unexpected publication on the first day of the event [last year] and last-minute edits to sections related to homosexuality triggered controversy among participants who felt they did not have any opportunity to shape the document, which would remain as a historic statement from the Congress.” - CPost
“…a new report from Grey Matter Research and Infinity Concepts. According to the report, evangelicals’ financial generosity is down in every metric measured in a similar survey conducted three years ago.” - C.Leaders
“A growing number of evangelical scholars are embracing systematic theology as dogmatics, recovering the catholic heritage of the Reformation while engaging constructively with the global and historical traditions of the church.” - Michael Horton
“Known as a powerful evangelist and social justice preacher, Campolo had long advocated that Christian faith can transform the world — and people’s everyday lives.” - RNS
“ ‘Our people were elated, for the most part, over the election results,’ said Robert Jeffress, a Southern Baptist pastor.” - RNS
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