New from @GENmag: Trump received 77% of the evangelical vote.
But for these women, the past three years have been enough for them to turn away from a faith that continues to uphold an administration they see as immoral. https://gen.medium.com/these-evangelical-women-are-abandoning-trump-and-the-church-ee8899837fe
But for these women, the past three years have been enough for them to turn away from a faith that continues to uphold an administration they see as immoral. https://gen.medium.com/these-evangelical-women-are-abandoning-trump-and-the-church-ee8899837fe
When Katie Loveland posted on FB about Trump, she noticed her old youth pastor from her Baptist church in Wyoming would comment on her posts, castigating her.
“He has no interest in my spirituality. His whole role in my life is to be my Facebook troll,” she said
“He has no interest in my spirituality. His whole role in my life is to be my Facebook troll,” she said
Judy Abrams' family was shut out of their evangelical community after their church’s youth pastor was arrested for sexually assaulting her daughter in 2018.
“If it’s bad in the church, it’s probably worse everywhere else — and I know how bad it is in the church.”
“If it’s bad in the church, it’s probably worse everywhere else — and I know how bad it is in the church.”
Jordan Davis was among the 8% of Black Americans who voted for Trump.
Looking back, she sees her support helped her achieve acceptance within her white evangelical campus.
"How I could ignore the racist history of the Republican Party and especially the racism of Trump?"
Looking back, she sees her support helped her achieve acceptance within her white evangelical campus.
"How I could ignore the racist history of the Republican Party and especially the racism of Trump?"
The contortions of principle required by church leaders to justify Trump revealed not a broken, sinful nation—but what was broken within their churches. https://gen.medium.com/these-evangelical-women-are-abandoning-trump-and-the-church-ee8899837fe