But I'm just as concerned
about white evangelicals who are in bed with Babylon.
Not exact matches
Not just that, but Trump won 81 percent of
white born - again and
evangelical Christian voters in 2016, and they might not take too well to being inundated with stories
about Trump's alleged affair with a porn star.
White pastors and white evangelical leaders must speak prophetically about racism and help intentionally build church communities that more closely resemble the kingdom of God of Revelation 5 a
White pastors and
white evangelical leaders must speak prophetically about racism and help intentionally build church communities that more closely resemble the kingdom of God of Revelation 5 a
white evangelical leaders must speak prophetically
about racism and help intentionally build church communities that more closely resemble the kingdom of God of Revelation 5 and 7.
(CNN)- Over the last few days I have fielded hundreds of angry e-mails from pro-Mitt Romney
evangelicals about a recent Belief Blog post in which I took Billy Graham and other
white evangelicals to task for turning Jesus into a water boy for the Republican Party.
There's been much speculation
about whether
white evangelicals, who have accounted for more than a third of Republican votes in recent elections, will turn out in force for Mitt Romney, a Mormon who for years supported abortion and gay rights.
About one in three
white evangelicals (37 %) agreed with this.
I was asked to exclude the «
evangelical» half of mainly
white Protestantism, since William R. Taylor was to write
about it.
Minority Christians and
white evangelical Christians «have a very personal view of God, a God that is very active in their daily lives and very concerned
about the things that matter to them,» Jones said.
About a quarter of black Protestants (26 %) and 16 percent of
white evangelicals didn't sympathize with either side.
About 73 percent of
white evangelical voters said they would vote for Romney in 2012, while 78 percent stand behind Trump today.
White evangelicals and black Protestants are more likely to say that it «really matters» who wins the election and to follow the news
about the candidates closely.
The hypocrisy here is staggering, for as everyone knows,
white evangelicals overwhelmingly support President Trump, a man who has been accused by more than twenty women of sexual assault, who is on record bragging
about those assaults, and who was recently found in a Christianity Today poll to be
evangelicals» «most trusted celebrity.»
Though
white evangelicals have lower scores than Jews and atheists / agnostics overall, they do significantly better on questions
about the Bible.
«One is felt by people who care a great deal
about social issues, especially
white evangelicals, who are uncomfortable with Mitt Romney.»
Previous Pew surveys show that
about half of
white evangelicals say Mormonism is not a Christian faith.
A true statement, «One is felt by people who care a great deal
about social issues, especially
white evangelicals, who are uncomfortable with Mitt Romney.»
According to a Pew Research Center survey conducted before the election,
about two - thirds of
white evangelicals (67 %) and mainline Protestants (65 %) believe that America does not have a moral responsibility to accept Syrian refugees.
Should I, as a Creole, mixed - race, African American,
Evangelical leader sit quietly by, not saying a word
about what has transpired in Ferguson and many other cities so that your
white daughter would not feel compelled to speak out and the comfort of your reality would remain.
(The issues
white evangelicals are most concerned
about: terrorism, the economy, and foreign policy / immigration.)
In fact, only
about one - third of
white evangelicals (37 %) and
about half of black Protestants (45 %) believe that churches should endorse candidates during elections.
CT has previously reported on where John Piper and other
evangelicals stand on #BlackLivesMatter, as well as how black and
white Christians increasingly think differently
about race.
So what happens is that when suburban,
white evangelicals are challenged to think
about race issues, the default move is to think
about ways they can start sending money and support to inner cities, and those are not necessarily the same thing.
But more
white evangelical Republicans think Trump would do a poor / terrible job (18 %) than think the same
about Rubio (11 %), Carson (7 %), or Cruz (5 %).
The 2009 biographical film
about a black high school student adopted by a
white Christian family is rated PG - 13 and became something of an
evangelical darling when it released, receiving endorsements from Christianity Today and Focus on the Family.
About 47 percent of
white evangelicals were less likely to vote for someone who had served as an elected official in Washington for many years, while 34 percent said it made no difference and 18 percent said such political experience would make their support more likely.
Four in 10
white evangelicals (41 %) said they were less likely to vote for someone who had personal financial troubles;
about half said it didn't matter (49 %).
«It's important to note that
white evangelicals, like so many voters this year, had significant reservations
about both candidates,» said Amy Black, professor of political science at Wheaton College.
Americans are more worried
about Islamic extremism internationally, with three - quarters of
white evangelicals saying they're «very concerned»
about the impact of these views around the world, Pew wrote.
According to a Pew Research Center survey conducted before the election,
about two - thirds of
white evangelicals (67 %) believe that America does not have a moral responsibility to accept Syrian refugees.
About two - thirds of
white evangelicals said they don't believe Islam is a part of mainstream America; a whopping 72 percent said, «There is a natural conflict between Islam and democracy; 38 percent believe that «half or more U.S. Muslims are anti-American»; 51 percent believe there is a «great deal / fair amount of extremism among U.S. Muslims»; 63 percent said «Islam encourages violence more than other faiths.»
Concerned
about the future of Obamacare, both
white evangelicals and Americans overall ranked heath care as the No. 1 policy priority in last year's election.
13 % of self - identified
white evangelicals have argued with their spouse
about the election 87 % have not
Aggregated the
white Evangelicals are shrinking too and quite significantly — down
about 6 % in five years.
In BookPage, reviewer Sarah E.
White wrote that the book «provides a candid inside look at faith for people who don't have a clue where
evangelicals are coming from» — and she suggested that it might even alter a person's thoughts
about «people of all faiths.»
Rail: Two years ago, I had a conversation here at Marie Walsh Sharpe open studios with Katy Siegel
about her book Since» 45: America and the Making of Contemporary Art, and at one point she talked
about the theme ofblack and
white, which refers to different things, like the apocalyptic light of Protestant
Evangelical ecstasy, the American gothic, the strong sun of the Southwest that creates blinding light and casts deep shadows, and above all the issue of race — the obsession of writers like Melville and Faulkner.
They were all aware of it: Rauschenberg, Cage, Newman, and others talked
about the flash of
white light and black light as being ecstatic, a sort of apocalyptic light that linked to a tradition of Protestant
Evangelical ecstasy.