Church and politics: Some critics see Trump’s behaviour as un-Christian. His conservative Christian backers see a hero
DAVID CRARY, of Associated Press, reports on the continuing appeal of the former President to many evangelical and conservative Christians in the US…
Trump chides onetime evangelical supporters who haven’t endorsed him
United StatesRNS Former President Donald Trump is chiding evangelical Christian pastors who previously supported him but haven’t endorsed his new presidential campaign, accusing the faith leaders of “disloyalty”. During an appearance on the Real America’s Voice show The Water Cooler on Monday, host David Brody asked Trump about evangelical leaders such as Robert Jeffress, a Texas […]
Stepping back: US evangelical influencers pan Trump as driven by “grievances and self-importance”
YONAT SHIMRON, of Religion News Service, reports on the growing number of evangelicals willing to criticise the former US President…
As Trump launches new presidential bid, will former faith advisers back him?
Washington DC, USRNS When Donald Trump launched his 2020 reelection bid in Orlando, Florida, three years ago, the event was riddled with faith-speak. Both Trump and then-Vice President Mike Pence repeatedly referenced God, arguing the Almighty had blessed America. Trump’s closest evangelical adviser, Florida pastor Paula White-Cain, opened up the event with a passionate invocation in which she insisted […]
Russia-Ukraine war: In the US, some pastors wonder about “end of days”
DAVID CRARY, of Associated Press, reports on how some pastors in the US are seeing connections between the Ukraine conflict and Biblical prophecy and why that troubles some Christian scholars…
Vaccine mandates: Many US faith leaders wary of religious exemptions for vaccine
DAVID CRARY and PETER SMITH, of Associated Press, report on how Christian leaders and those of other faiths are responding to vaccine exemption requests…
Backing the jab: Anti-abortion faith leaders support use of COVID-19 vaccines
DAVID CRARY, of Associated Press, reports on growing support among US Christian leaders for the coronavirus vaccines…
White House relations: Religious right eyes Biden warily after Trump’s good favour
ELANA SCHOR, of The Associated Press, reports on how some of Trump’s key backers among conservative evangelical Christians are approaching the election of Joe Biden as the next president with scepticism, but not antagonism…
US election: Evangelicals stick with Trump, see upside even if he loses
ELANA SCHOR and DAVID CRARY, of the Associated Press, report on how US evangelicals are responding to this week’s election…
Christian leaders call for Day of Prayer in support of impeachment inquiry
RNS More than 90 Christian leaders are calling for a National Day of Prayer this Sunday “for the truth to be revealed through the impeachment inquiry” into whether President Donald Trump solicited help from a foreign government for his 2020 reelection campaign. That call comes from leaders affiliated with Red Letter Christians, a justice-focused Christian movement that […]