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Russell Moore (left), president of the Southern Baptists' Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, is under attack from some of the religious right figures he criticized during the U.S. presidential campaign.

Evangelical Leader Under Attack For Criticizing Trump Supporters

3:33pm December 20, 2016

by Tom Gjelten

Russell Moore, who presides over the political arm of the Southern Baptist Convention, called out religious right figures who supported Trump notwithstanding his "serious moral problems."

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It's unheard-of for a Republican presidential candidate to be this close to losing in Utah.

4 Reasons Mormons Are More Skeptical Of Trump Than Other Religious Conservatives

3:49pm October 25, 2016

by Danielle Kurtzleben

White evangelicals are some of Donald Trump's strongest backers. But another reliably Republican group of Christians — Mormons — is leery of the GOP candidate. Here's why.

The audience at last month's Together for the Gospel conference in Louisville, Ky.

As U.S. Attitudes Change, Some Evangelicals Dig In; Others Adapt

5:47pm May 10, 2016

America's culture war is being fought inside evangelical Christian circles. Some are resisting secular society's trends that conflict with biblical teaching. Others have found a way to live with them.

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Nick Wilson (left), at his ordination last month, is given a framed sign from Pastor Matt Johnson that reads "Just As I Am," the title of one of Wilson's favorite hymns.

Acceptance Grows, Slowly But Steadily, For Gay Evangelicals

5:44pm May 10, 2016

Growing up, gay evangelicals may have thought they had to be one or the other. It's different now. At one welcoming Baptist church in Kentucky, a member says, gay congregants "walk through the door."

Politics & Government

4 Things To Know About The South Carolina Primaries

1:08pm February 13, 2016

by Jessica Taylor

On the GOP side, the state has a mix of evangelicals and moderates that could test the field. For Democrats, Clinton and Sanders are fighting for black voters, who are more than half the electorate.

Donald Trump Holds Up A Bible In Appeal To 'The Evangelicals'

9:10pm January 30, 2016

by Jessica Taylor

The latest Iowa Poll shows a much closer race between Trump and Cruz if evangelical voters turn out at the same level they did four years ago.

Donald Trump delivers the convocation Liberty University Monday. The flamboyant, twice-divorced billionaire has never been an easy fit with the religious right.

Citing 'Two Corinthians,' Trump Struggles To Make The Sale To Evangelicals

10:45pm January 18, 2016

by Jessica Taylor

Donald Trump went to Liberty University, a Christian conservative school, in hopes of winning over the faithful. He stumbled and likely didn't change Ted Cruz's advantage with the group.

African-American evangelical leaders visited a Jerusalem crafts workshop for elderly Israelis, a project supported by the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. The group and Israel's tourism ministry sponsored the pastors' trip to Israel, part

Israel Courts African-American Evangelicals, Despite Some Hurdles

2:44pm September 22, 2015

by Emily Harris

White American evangelical Christians have long been key backers of Israel. Now a major Israeli charity is wooing African-American churches for support. There are some political hurdles.

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