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Evangelicals for Harris Support Candidate Who ‘Better Reflects Christian Values’
A group called Evangelicals for Harris has formed to back Vice President Kamala Harris, a Democrat, in her run for president. As part of their “Christian belief in the common good,” supporters urge people to reject Donald Trump, the Republican candidate and 45th U.S. president.
On social media, Evangelicals for Harris is publicizing an upcoming Zoom call for “fellowship and action.” The speaker lineup for the Aug. 14 event includes Dwight McKissic, Jemar Tisby, and Raymond Chang. “All Christians and people of good will” are invited to join the call and exercise “our God-given citizenship by voting for someone who better reflects Christian values.”
On its website, Evangelicals for Harris highlights “Kamala’s Faith Story.” The group recaps her Baptist background, her “calling” to public service, and her “great respect for other faith traditions,” including Hinduism and Judaism. Harris’s favorite Bible verse, according to the group, is 2 Corinthians 5:7, about walking by faith, not sight.
Evangelicals for Harris notes that the VP, “a deeply committed and faithful Christian,” supports religious liberty and separation of church and state. It quotes her as saying, “Like many people of faith, I have private conversations with God where I usually ask for the strength and protection to make good decisions and do the right thing.”
In response to pro-Trump comments online, Evangelicals for Harris contrasts each candidate’s supporters. “Too much of the Church has been consumed by worship of Trump and the false prophets that deify him,” the group stated. “We support Harris but she is not our savior. See the difference?”
One scheduled speaker for Wednesday’s online event is Dwight McKissic, senior pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church in Arlington, Texas. On Aug. 11, he posted, “Anyone who has, or plan to vote for Donald J. Trump has absolutely no moral authority…as in none, zero, nada…to question the morality or immorality of the Democrat presidential nominee or their platform.”
Last month, McKissic wrote about a developing “coalition of the least, the last, the locked out, the disfavored, the disinherited, the rejected, the ridiculed, and those who can empathize, identify with, or who understand that to heal America, we have to heal the historic wounds of alienation, separation, division, and devaluing.”
Harris, added McKissic, “represents all of us who fall under the category of the rejected, and those who desire to heal, help, and welcome us to a seat at the table, even sitting in the chair designated for the POTUS.”
Professor Jemar Tisby, a former pastor, posted about the Aug. 14 Zoom call, “Democracy itself is on the line, so I will be, too.”
About his support for Evangelicals for Harris, pastor and activist Raymond Chang wrote, “You don’t have to stand with everything that a politician stands for in order to support them or back them. There are Christians doing this with both parties.”
“If your support is unwavering loyalty, that’s a different thing,” he added. “You should be able to say, ‘I disagree with them, but I still support them because I think they are better for the nation as a whole.’”
Some church leaders have voiced harsh criticism for Evangelicals for Harris, specifically noting Harris’s positions on abortion and LGBTQ+ issues. Denny Burk, president of the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, took issue with the group’s description of the vice president as a “deeply committed and faithful Christian.”
“This isn’t evangelical. It’s not even Christian. Don’t fall for it,” he said.
Pastor Darrell B. Harrison expressed a similar view: “Harris, taking into account her own words, is, at best, a moralist-humanist-globalist and, at worst, a religious syncretist-pluralist.
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A group called Evangelicals for Harris has formed to back Vice President Kamala Harris, a Democrat, in her run for president. As part of their “Christian belief in the common good,” supporters urge people to reject Donald Trump, the Republican candidate and 45th U.S. president.
On social media, Evangelicals for Harris is publicizing an upcoming Zoom call for “fellowship and action.” The speaker lineup for the Aug. 14 event includes Dwight McKissic, Jemar Tisby, and Raymond Chang. “All Christians and people of good will” are invited to join the call and exercise “our God-given citizenship by voting for someone who better reflects Christian values.”
Evangelicals for Harris: VP Is Christian, Respects Other Faiths
According to a July 24 press release, the Rev. Jim Ball founded both Evangelicals for Harris and, during the 2020 presidential campaign, Evangelicals for Biden. “Kamala Harris knows how to stand up to and stare down bullies,” Ball said. “We’re going to win, and she will make a terrific president. Tough on bad guys. Compassionate for those in need. Ready to unite our country.” The VP’s policies are “pro-family” and “pro-environment,” Ball added.On its website, Evangelicals for Harris highlights “Kamala’s Faith Story.” The group recaps her Baptist background, her “calling” to public service, and her “great respect for other faith traditions,” including Hinduism and Judaism. Harris’s favorite Bible verse, according to the group, is 2 Corinthians 5:7, about walking by faith, not sight.
Evangelicals for Harris notes that the VP, “a deeply committed and faithful Christian,” supports religious liberty and separation of church and state. It quotes her as saying, “Like many people of faith, I have private conversations with God where I usually ask for the strength and protection to make good decisions and do the right thing.”
In response to pro-Trump comments online, Evangelicals for Harris contrasts each candidate’s supporters. “Too much of the Church has been consumed by worship of Trump and the false prophets that deify him,” the group stated. “We support Harris but she is not our savior. See the difference?”
Faith Leaders Stump for Kamala Harris
One scheduled speaker for Wednesday’s online event is Dwight McKissic, senior pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church in Arlington, Texas. On Aug. 11, he posted, “Anyone who has, or plan to vote for Donald J. Trump has absolutely no moral authority…as in none, zero, nada…to question the morality or immorality of the Democrat presidential nominee or their platform.”
Last month, McKissic wrote about a developing “coalition of the least, the last, the locked out, the disfavored, the disinherited, the rejected, the ridiculed, and those who can empathize, identify with, or who understand that to heal America, we have to heal the historic wounds of alienation, separation, division, and devaluing.”
Harris, added McKissic, “represents all of us who fall under the category of the rejected, and those who desire to heal, help, and welcome us to a seat at the table, even sitting in the chair designated for the POTUS.”
Professor Jemar Tisby, a former pastor, posted about the Aug. 14 Zoom call, “Democracy itself is on the line, so I will be, too.”
About his support for Evangelicals for Harris, pastor and activist Raymond Chang wrote, “You don’t have to stand with everything that a politician stands for in order to support them or back them. There are Christians doing this with both parties.”
“If your support is unwavering loyalty, that’s a different thing,” he added. “You should be able to say, ‘I disagree with them, but I still support them because I think they are better for the nation as a whole.’”
Some church leaders have voiced harsh criticism for Evangelicals for Harris, specifically noting Harris’s positions on abortion and LGBTQ+ issues. Denny Burk, president of the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, took issue with the group’s description of the vice president as a “deeply committed and faithful Christian.”
“This isn’t evangelical. It’s not even Christian. Don’t fall for it,” he said.
Pastor Darrell B. Harrison expressed a similar view: “Harris, taking into account her own words, is, at best, a moralist-humanist-globalist and, at worst, a religious syncretist-pluralist.
Evangelicals for Harris Support Candidate Who ‘Better Reflects Christian Values’
A group called Evangelicals for Harris has formed to back Vice President Kamala Harris, a Democrat, in her run for president. @Evangels4Harris
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