After the vote: what next for evangelicals in the US?
(As en went to press, various lawsuits disputing the result were ongoing.)
Gerald Bray reports from Alabama
The coronavirus pandemic has unexpectedly found me in Alabama, where I have enjoyed a front-row seat in the 2020 elections circus.
USA: Trump restricts Christian
refugees – 90% fall
Christian Post
Date posted: 1 Sep 2020
Since 2015 there has been a nearly 90%
reduction
in
the number of Christian
refugees being resettled to the United States
from countries where churches
face
the
greatest persecution. This is according to
a new report published by Open Doors
USA (a watchdog group that monitors the
persecution of Christians) and World Relief
(a refugee resettlement agency).
Closed Doors,
the
title of
the 16-page
report, is critical of policies that have either
drastically reduced refugee resettlement to
the USA or made it increasingly difficult for
persecuted individuals and families to seek
asylum.
USA: evangelicalism trumped?
The Daily Telegraph
Date posted: 1 Feb 2020
The first crack in Donald Trump’s support
among America’s
so-called
evangelical
community
emerged
in
January
as
a
prominent Christian magazine called the
President’s conduct ‘profoundly immoral’
and said that he should be removed from
office.
Up to a quarter of US voters identify as
evangelical Christians and they have been a
foundation of President Trump’s support.
He took over 80% of these voters in the
2016 election.