2 Jul 2023 8:55 pm
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Published July 2, 2023 11:42am EDTOne of largest Christian churches in US departs Southern Baptists following vote to ban women from pulpitNorth Carolina-based Elevation Church boasted approximately 26,000 weekly congregants in 2022https://www.foxnews.com/us/one-largest- ... men-pulpit
No better group of Republican support can be found than white evangelicals, typically voting over 85% for Republicans.
But in recent years as far right ideology takes over in the leadership of major evangelical churches, they shed congregations and membership and influence.
The Republicans are not losing evangelical support, but they are losing numbers of evangelical supporters as those congregations decline.
And here’s why that matters.
Next year in North Carolina, the largest church there will support women’s rights.
North Carolina is in play, for Democrats in 2024
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Published July 2, 2023 11:42am EDTOne of largest Christian churches in US departs Southern Baptists following vote to ban women from pulpitNorth Carolina-based Elevation Church boasted approximately 26,000 weekly congregants in 2022https://www.foxnews.com/us/one-largest- ... men-pulpit
No better group of Republican support can be found than white evangelicals, typically voting over 85% for Republicans.
But in recent years as far right ideology takes over in the leadership of major evangelical churches, they shed congregations and membership and influence.
The Republicans are not losing evangelical support, but they are losing numbers of evangelical supporters as those congregations decline.
And here’s why that matters.
Next year in North Carolina, the largest church there will support women’s rights.
North Carolina is in play, for Democrats in 2024