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2 Years after Billy Graham's Death, His Gospel Legacy Continues

2 Years after Billy Graham's Death, His Gospel Legacy Continues

February 21st marks two years since the world lost one of the most prolific gospel teachers in these many years, Evangelical Pastor Billy Graham. And even in his death, Graham's legacy of love for Jesus lives on.

From Young Evangelicals to National Prayer Breakfast: An Urgent Call on Climate Change

From Young Evangelicals to National Prayer Breakfast: An Urgent Call on Climate Change

In an open letter to the attendees of the National Prayer Breakfast, several young Evangelicals are calling for climate change action.

Can Any of the Democratic Candidates Appeal to Evangelicals?

Can Any of the Democratic Candidates Appeal to Evangelicals?

Based on this anecdotal evidence, I know that a lot of evangelicals will vote for Trump again. I’ve even met a few evangelicals who voted for a third-party candidate in 2016 but plan to vote for Trump in 2020 because he appoints conservative Supreme Court justices, fights for religious liberty (as defined by conservative evangelicals) and defends the interests of Israel. But I have also met people who voted for Trump in 2016 and are looking for a justification — any justification — to vote for a Democrat in 2020.

5 Reasons Evangelicals Like President Trump and 5 Reasons They Don’t

5 Reasons Evangelicals Like President Trump and 5 Reasons They Don’t

When Donald Trump announced that he was running for President in June of 2015, it would have been hard to predict that he would become the favorite candidate of evangelical Christians. Everything about the thrice-married billionaire seemed to run afoul of what evangelicals had professed to be looking for in a presidential candidate.

However, despite some detractors, the President remains popular with a large percentage of evangelicals. An October 2019 survey found that 82 percent of white evangelicals want Trump to be the Republican Party’s candidate for President in 2020, the most of any subgroup.

Here are five reasons that evangelicals love President Trump:

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77 Percent of White Evangelicals Say Trump's Doing a Good Job

77 Percent of White Evangelicals Say Trump's Doing a Good Job
Three-quarters of white evangelicals support the job President Trump is doing, and many of them say there is “almost nothing” he could do to lose their vote, according to a new survey by the Public Religion Research Institute.

Study: Christianity in U.S. Continues Decline but Evangelicalism Is More Stable

Study: Christianity in U.S. Continues Decline but Evangelicalism Is More Stable
The percentage of Americans who identify as Christian continued to decline in a new study, although those who consider themselves to be evangelicals fell only slightly.

1 in 4 Evangelicals Say ‘Insulting Personal Remarks’ are Justified in Politics

1 in 4 Evangelicals Say ‘Insulting Personal Remarks’ are Justified in Politics
Most evangelicals want to play nice in the political real, according to a new study. But – perhaps surprisingly – a significant minority say it’s perfectly OK not to model Christ’s teachings in that sphere.

58 Percent of Evangelical Teens in Public Schools Regularly Discuss Faith

58 Percent of Evangelical Teens in Public Schools Regularly Discuss Faith
The U.S. Supreme Court long ago banned school-led prayer, but religion itself remains prevalent among the nation’s public schools, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.

New Study Shows Growing Political Differences Between Older and Younger Evangelicals

New Study Shows Growing Political Differences Between Older and Younger Evangelicals
A new study, released by the Voter Study Group, illustrates a growing divide between how younger and older evangelicals perceive political issues, particularly those championed by President Trump.