Some of you may recall Guillermo Maldonado. He is pastor of King Jesus International Ministry in Miami. Maldonado hosted Donald Trump and the rest of the court evangelicals on January 3, 2020 at the “Evangelicals for Trump” kickoff rally. (The...
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Some court evangelicals are still keep pushing the voter fraud narrative. Others are angry with Obama.
It is Thanksgiving. Yesterday Donald Trump’s legal team was in Gettysburg for an election fraud hearing. GOP state legislators hosted the event. The day included testimonies from Pennsylvanians who claimed to have witnessed voter fraud on November 3 and in...
Trump’s Choice of Church for His “Evangelicals for Trump” Rally Today
As we have discussed a few times already here at the blog, Trump will be speaking at a big “Evangelicals for Trump” rally later today in Miami. The event will take place at the King Jesus Ministry Church, evangelical megachurch. ...
Undocumented Immigrants are Worried About Attending the “Evangelicals for Trump” Event on January 3, 2020
Donald Trump has chosen to host his “Evangelicals for Trump” rally at King Jesus International Ministry, a megachurch in Miami. Yesterday, during Sunday services as the church, pastor Guillermo Maldonado had to calm the fears of his undocumented parishioners. Many...
Why Did So Many Hispanics in Florida Pull the Lever for DeSantis Instead of Gillum?
The pundits seemed baffled by the 2018 Florida gubernatorial race between Rep. Rick DeSantis (R) and Tallahassee mayor Andrew Gillum (D). Here is a taste of an article at the Atlanta Black Star: Initial Election Day results showed that a significant...
Are Latino Court Evangelicals Doing Enough for Immigrants?
Over at Religion & Politics, Arlene Sanchez Walsh and Lloyd Barba call Latino evangelical and Pentecostal churches to do more for immigrants “living under the regime of daily ICE raids.” Here is a taste: Evangelicals and Pentecostals, by and large, have...
“The born-again/evangelical population in this country is highest among blacks…”
According to a recent Gallup survey, the born-again/evangelical population in this country is highest among blacks, “who are overall the most religious racial and ethnic group in the United States.” Gallup reports that 61% of blacks identify as “evangelical” or...
Brantley Gasaway: Diversity and Debates With the Social Gospel Tradition
Brantley Gasaway of Bucknell University offers another dispatch from the floor of the annual meeting of the American Historical Association in Atlanta. See all of his AHA 2016 posts here. While historians devote much of our time to critically examining...