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.
North Carolina pastor abruptly forced out of prominent pulpit
Two weeks after he preached a sermon calling for action to oppose the worst impulses of the incoming Trump administration, a North Carolina pastor was forced out of his prominent pulpit.. Ben Boswell, who had been senior minister at Myers Park Baptist Church in Charlotte nine years, technically resigned but a church leader acknowledged that resignation was forced by a hastily called vote of ...
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 …
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 …
Franklin Graham prays aloud for Trump to win the election
In one of his most explicit endorsements of Donald Trump’s campaign to date, Franklin Graham spoke at a Trump rally in Concord, N.C., Oct. 21 and prayed aloud to God to cause Trump to win the election.. The head of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and Samaritan’s Purse said he appeared at the rally as “a private citizen and as a preacher of the gospel of Jesus Christ.”
John MacArthur is wrong about so much more than keeping …
Feb 14, 2023 · Mark Wingfield serves as executive director and publisher of Baptist News Global. He is the author of the new bookHonestly: Telling the Truth About the Bible and Ourselves.. Related articles: Why Women Talking has women talking and complementarian men fuming | Analysis by Rick Pidcock. Why evangelicals may be fearful of distancing themselves from John MacArthur | Opinion by Maina Mwaura
Steve Lawson preached fire and brimstone except for himself
Sep 23, 2024 · The fact that he was the dean of D.Min studies for John MacArthur, who says slavery is “the perfect scenario” and who threatened church discipline against a woman who divorced her husband who was convicted of child molestation and abuse, should tell you everything you need to know. But Lawson belongs to a very scary group of double-predestination Calvinists whose theology destroys their ...
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 ...