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Tenn. pastors say Trump win won’t solve America’s woes

On the Sunday after the election, Pastor Allen Jackson gave thanks for veterans and the election results, to church members’ applause.

11/18/2024 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

What evangelicals say they want from Trump’s second term

Evangelical advisers of President Donald Trump say they are hoping for more from him the second time around—although exactly what form those policies will take appears to be the subject of debate.

11/14/2024 - By Jack Jenkins / Religion News Service

Faith groups resolve to protect migrants and refugees

Former President Donald Trump’s election to a second term—after campaigning on blocking migration and carrying out record deportations—prompted faith groups that work with migrants and refugees to reaffirm their commitment to continue their work.

11/07/2024 - By Aleja Hertzler-McCain / Religion News Service

White Christians made Donald Trump president again

The support of white Christians once again proved key to Donald Trump’s election victory.

11/06/2024 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

America tried Christian nationalism, and it went badly

Pastor Jason Genest gets nervous when he hears people talk about wanting to make America Christian by using the power of politics. America tried that in the past, he said. It did not go well—including for the founder of Genest’s own church.

10/30/2024 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

Hispanic Christians condemn racist jokes at Trump rally

Amid outrage over racist jokes told at a Donald Trump campaign event, some Hispanic Christian leaders are raising questions about the candidate’s standing with a crucial ethnic and religious demographic.

10/29/2024 - By Aleja Hertzler-McCain and Jack Jenkins / Religion News Service

Religious right leaders reckon with GOP pivot on abortion

Since July, when the Republican National Committee dropped a federal abortion ban from its national platform, several traditional religious right leaders have suggested they have been betrayed.

10/21/2024 - By Katherine Stewart / Religion News Service

Christian nationalism growing among Hispanic Protestants

Over the last year and a half, surveys have tracked a significant rise in support for Christian nationalism among U.S. Hispanic Protestants, even as support for the ideology has remained fairly stable among other Christian groups.

10/21/2024 - By Aleja Hertzler-McCain / Religion News Service

Resettlement of Christians fleeing persecution rebounds

The United States resettled more Christians fleeing persecution in fiscal year 2024 than it has since 2016, Open Doors and World Relief said in a report unveiled Oct. 14 as insight for policymakers and voters weeks ahead of the U.S. presidential elections.

10/16/2024 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press