Back in office: What evangelicals say they want from a second Trump term

“Our people were elated, for the most part, over the election results,” said Robert Jeffress, a Southern Baptist pastor. JACK JENKINS, of Religion News Service, reports…
In warning for Trump, evangelical Christian leaders urge ‘Biblical principles’ on immigration

RNS More than 200 evangelical Christian leaders, moderates as well as influential conservatives, have signed an open letter urging the presidential candidates of both parties to reflect “[B]iblical principles on immigration”. While challenging both parties, the letter signals particular discomfort with the approach taken by former President Donald Trump and his running mate, JD Vance, […]
Trump courts Black voters in Philadelphia, asks Christians to back him one last time

Philadelphia, US Reuters Donald Trump made two speeches on Saturday, urging Christian supporters to go to the polls for him one last time and courting Black voters in Philadelphia by promising to fix a city “ravaged by bloodshed” even as data shows a decline in violent crime. If elected in November, the Republican presidential candidate […]
US conservative faith leaders praise Johnson for House’s approval of foreign aid
United States RNS Conservative religious leaders who had been imploring Speaker Mike Johnson to back assistance for Ukraine and Israel in fighting their wars celebrated the House’s passage of foreign aid packages Saturday, clearing the way for the measures to go to the Senate. Brent Leatherwood, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious […]
US midterms: Faith plays central role in Republican efforts to win Latino votes

ALEJANDRA MOLINA, of Religion News Service, reports that Pew Research Center data looking at the 2022 midterm election preferences of Latinos shows that some of the sharpest differences in candidate choice are by religion…
After Roe v Wade: In the US, anti-abortion movement faces internal divisions

BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, reports that in the wake of the Dobbs decision, abortion foes hope to ban abortion where they can and find ‘creative approaches’ like shareholder activism to punish abortion rights supporters…
‘It’s time to put a stop to attacks on religion’, says US President

RNS US President Donald Trump told his political base of evangelical Christians that he would continue to restore the religious liberty many of them feel they’ve lost. “It is time to put a stop to the attacks on religion,” Mr Trump said in a speech on Thursday to the Faith and Freedom Coalition that began […]