Southern Baptists form a core part of the white evangelical Christian bloc that has reliably and overwhelmingly voted Republican in recent elections, and is expected to again in 2024.
Mohler said opposition to abortion is non-negotiable.
But Trump has since said the abortion issue should be decided by the states, drawing criticism from some seeking a federal ban. politics at the moment. But if the Florida governor were to ultimately capture the Republican nomination and face Joe Biden, two Catholic major-party presidential candidates would face off for the first time in U.S. history.Baptist Church“When Trump first announced his re-election bid last November I predicted that some evangelicals would ‘kick the tires’ of other candidates but would eventually coalesce around Trump as they did in 2016,” Jeffress said via email.
The denomination continues to experience long-term declines in membership and other measures of spiritual vitality, such as baptisms, according to its own statistics. Like other religious groups, it has struggled to regain pre-pandemic attendance levels. And like many historically white Protestant denominations, Southern Baptists are graying, with the average age at 55, according to the 2020 Cooperative Election Study.
“Christians should prefer righteous men and women for public office,” he said. “Because no perfect candidate exists, that often means voting for the better or best of the available options.”At the local church level, pastors navigate pressure from members who want them either to be more political from the pulpit - or less.
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