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This came in the email this morning (Jan 24) from the Jerusalem News network:
“Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people He has chosen as His own inheritance.” Ps. 33:12
RELIGIOUS MAKEUP OF THE NEW CONGRESS OVERWHELMINGLY CHRISTIAN: The American Congress is about as Christian today as it was in the early 1960s, according to a new analysis by Pew Research Center. Among members of the new, 115th Congress, 91% describe themselves as Christians. This is nearly the same percentage as in the 87th Congress (1961 to 1962, the earliest years for which comparable data are available), when 95% of the members claimed to be Christian. Among the 293 Republicans elected to serve in the new, 115th Congress, all but two identify as Christians; there are two Jewish Republicans – Lee Zeldin of New York and David Kustoff of Tennessee – who both serve in the House.
Democrats in Congress also, overwhelmingly, claim to be Christian (80%), but there is more religious diversity on this side of the aisle. The 242 Democrats in Congress include 28 Jews, three Buddhists, three Hindus, two Muslims and one Unitarian Universalist – as well as the only member of Congress to describe herself as religiously unaffiliated, Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz. Among USA adults who identify with or lean toward the Republican Party, 82% are Christian. (Worthy News) "If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” 2 Chron. 7:14
“Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people He has chosen as His own inheritance.” Ps. 33:12
RELIGIOUS MAKEUP OF THE NEW CONGRESS OVERWHELMINGLY CHRISTIAN: The American Congress is about as Christian today as it was in the early 1960s, according to a new analysis by Pew Research Center. Among members of the new, 115th Congress, 91% describe themselves as Christians. This is nearly the same percentage as in the 87th Congress (1961 to 1962, the earliest years for which comparable data are available), when 95% of the members claimed to be Christian. Among the 293 Republicans elected to serve in the new, 115th Congress, all but two identify as Christians; there are two Jewish Republicans – Lee Zeldin of New York and David Kustoff of Tennessee – who both serve in the House.
Democrats in Congress also, overwhelmingly, claim to be Christian (80%), but there is more religious diversity on this side of the aisle. The 242 Democrats in Congress include 28 Jews, three Buddhists, three Hindus, two Muslims and one Unitarian Universalist – as well as the only member of Congress to describe herself as religiously unaffiliated, Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz. Among USA adults who identify with or lean toward the Republican Party, 82% are Christian. (Worthy News) "If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” 2 Chron. 7:14
