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Hegseth’s nomination fits the TheoBro pattern creating abuse culture

Given the state of their churches, it makes total sense that conservative evangelicals would elect a president who has a history of bragging about sexual assault. And it also makes sense that this sexually abusive president would nominate five people…

Trump is nominating Project 2025 leaders to key posts

During his presidential campaign, Donald Trump emphatically denied any connection to or knowledge of Project 2025, the Christian nationalist game plan for transforming the U.S. into a conservative theocracy. “I know nothing about Project 2025,” he said in a July…

Here’s a Mike Huckabee connection with the Holy Land you didn’t know

President-elect Donald Trump named Mike Huckabee as his choice to be the United States ambassador to Israel. Huckabee, of course, was a Southern Baptist minister before getting involved in rightwing media and politics. His faith has been a central feature…

Sunday schools in public schools?

I grew up going to Sunday school, starting with the “Cradle Roll” department of First Baptist Church of Decatur, Texas, the town where I was born. Like all the kids at that church, when I learned to read, I was…

Only 34% of evangelicals are loyal to a single denomination

The reported death of denominations has a key side effect, according to new national polling data: The death of denominational loyalty. Grey Matter Research and Infinity Concepts just released survey results titled “Denominational Loyalty: What Churches Can Learn from Consumer…