Trump signs order seeking to allow churches to engage in ...
https://
www.washingtonpost.com/
politics/trump-signs-order-aimed-at-allowing-
churches...
May 04, 2017 · Under current law,
churches are free to
promote political candidates but must forgo such activity to obtain tax-exempt status.
Churches and Political Lobbying Activities - Freedom From ...
A church is participatiing in political lobbying. What can I do about it? Every election year, the Foundation receives complaints and questions by its...
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churches-and-political-lobbying-activities
Churches have been actively
involved in many recent controversial ballot initiatives and referenda in numerous states across the country. Under the law, this is permissible activity because ballot initiatives are considered to be “legislation” and, thus, are lobbying activities, not “
political” activity.
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The New Politics of the White (Supremacist) Evangelical ...
https://
www.counterpunch.org/2019/08/07/the-new-politics-of-the-white-supremacist...
Aug 07, 2019 · His strongest support according to a
Marist survey is among
white evangelicals with 73% approval. Similarly, among Republicans,
Trump’s support …
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Elephant in the pews: Is the GOP the party of Churches of ...
Seventy percent of Mormons and 64 percent of Southern Baptists lean toward or identify with the Republican Party — but only 50 percent of members of Churches of Christ do, the Pew Research Center reports. Those findings surprise Stephen Morris, a law and political studies professor at...
christianchronicle.org
church-is-the-gop-the-
party-of-
churches...
Feb 25, 2016 · Seventy percent of
Mormons and 64 percent of
Southern Baptists lean toward or identify with the Republican Party — but only 50 percent of members of Churches of
Christ do, the
Pew
Church Politics 101 | CT Pastors | Christianity Today
https://
www.christianitytoday.com/pastors/2007/may-online-only/cln70521.html
We prefer to think of the
church as a no-
politics zone. ... I soon tired of
trying to preside over that
church. ... if I had been more aware of how
political the minister's
role is.
I always had a streak of naìvete about this. I became a little smarter as the years went on, but only a little. Not a political schemer myself, I didn't dream that some people in the church ate, breathed, and slept politics, and were invariably up to something.
That was before I became senior minister of a church where each monthly council session was a political battleground. I disliked having to think like a politician in order to conduct ministry. As exciting as it was, I soon tired of trying to preside over that church.
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Influence of the Catholic Hierarchy on U.S. Policy Making
churchandstate.org.uk/2012/03/how-the-vatican-
influences-us-policy
Mar 29, 2012 ·
Influence of the
Catholic Hierarchy on U.S.
Policy Making. “The Vatican’s total assets—not including the assets of the Roman
Catholic Church,
but including stock it controls on the New York and American stock exchanges, and property, gold reserves, and paintings—are probably $50 billion to $60 billion….
Preachers, Politics and the Pulpit: The Influence of ...
Bender, Michael, "
Preachers,
Politics and the Pulpit: The
Influence of Church Structure on How Clergy Approach
Political Topics and How Congregations Receive Their Messages" (2016). Honors Theses .
Trump’s Pastor Friends Have One Thing In Common: They’re ...
https://
thinkprogress.org/trumps-pastor-friends-have-one-thing-in-common-they-re-all...
Mar 15, 2016 · The movement’s expansive
influence is likely why
Trump met with 40 prosperity gospel preachers and televangelists on the 26th floor of Trump Tower in September 2015.