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More than 225 members of the Wheaton College faculty and staff have signed a statement condemning the “wicked leadership” of President Trump and criticizing evangelical leaders for “wittingly propagat[ing] lies” about the 2020 election.

As we noted yesterday, many are blaming evangelicals for the Capitol riots and calling on us to repudiate “Christian nationalism.” There are many ways to understand this term, but a common definition is that “the United States was founded as a Christian nation and must continue to be one.”

This subject is far more complex than we have space to discuss fully, but I will note that nations are geopolitical entities with borders, populations, and governments. By contrast, a Christian is a person who has trusted in Christ as their personal Savior and Lord. A nation cannot do this. As a result, neither America nor any other nation can logically be a “Christian nation.”

Faith leaders were “nearly unanimous in condemning” the assault, as NPR reported on January 7. But evangelicals are nonetheless being widely blamed for the riot.

The Washington Post headlined: “Trump’s evangelicals were complicit in the desecration of our democracy.” The Atlantic called the riots “a Christian insurrection” and added, “Many of those who mobbed the Capitol on Wednesday claimed to be enacting God’s will.” Religion News Service stated, “Evangelicals must denounce the Christian nationalism in Capitol riots.” This article is one such denunciation.

In a recent blog post, evangelist Franklin Graham exclaimed that despite the uncertainty of this year, there have been many new opportunities to share the Gospel.

According to new post-election polling data, Joe Biden received less support from evangelical Christians in the 2020 election than Hillary Clinton did in 2016.

According to a new survey, only 38 percent of American Evangelicals believe that God chose who he would save before he created the world. 

Ahead of the November Presidential election, leaders of the National Association of Evangelicals signed a statement published in the Washington Post, urging evangleicals to "engage with humility, civility, intellectual rigor and honesty in the complex and contentious social issues that face our nation."

Evangelicals for Social Action have announced that because of the term "Evangelicals'" political connotation, they are changing the group's name to Christians for Social Action.

According to the new State of Theology report, 22 percent of evangelicals believe in gender fluidity.

During an Evangelicals for Trump event last week, a faith advisor to the president warned voters of the Democrats' perceived anti-religion agenda.