In speech to US evangelicals, Trump says God is “on our side”
RNS President Donald Trump insisted that he is favored by God during a speech to evangelicals on Friday evening, in which he also went through a roll call of evangelical rallying points and challenged the faith of his Democratic rivals as he kicked off a new campaign initiative aimed at conservative Christians. “I really do […]
Could a Hispanic evangelical swing vote be key in next year’s US election?
RNS When asked what it would take for candidates to court the Hispanic evangelical vote in 2020, Rev Gabriel Salguero, president of the National Latino Evangelical Coalition, refused to limit his answer. “We’re pro-life. We want criminal justice reform. We want educational equity. We want a healthy economy,” he told Religion News Service last week, […]
US Hispanic evangelical group offers to house migrant children in churches
RNS The head of the largest Hispanic evangelical Christian network in the United States announced it will offer to work with the Trump administration to provide resources and shelter to migrant children crossing the US-Mexico border. Speaking during a call with reporters on Monday, Rev Samuel Rodriguez, president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, […]