Here's the Washington Post story on them in early October: "A new group of evangelical leaders forms in support of Biden." Thank you to reporter Sarah Pulliam Bailey.
"Republicans don't own 'pro-life' and they don't own evangelical," said John Huffman, former board chair of Christianity Today magazine. Huffman knows other evangelical leaders who would come out against Trump but their supporters would withdraw funding.
"We feel like we are speaking for a lot of evangelical leaders who are as intimidated as senators who have to support the president for reelection," he continued.
Abortion "is an issue that singlehandedly prevents them from voting for Biden," says Jerusha Duford, granddaughter of Billy Graham.
Here's a short list of some of the evangelicals coming out for Biden in this last month before the 2020 election.
Pro-Life Evangelicals for Biden including:
- Joel Hunter, former pastor of a megachurch in Orlando FL
- Ron Sider
- Rich Mouw
- John Huffman, former board chair of CT & former pastor to Richard Nixon
- Jerushah Duford, who has written op-eds supporting Biden for Huff Post, the NYT, USA Today.
Black evangelical leaders including:
- Brenda Salter McNeil
- Bishop Claude Alexander
- John M. Perkins, civil rights activist
Evangelicals for Biden including
- Jim Ball, environmentalist & advisor to Ronald Reagan
- Rich Cizik, National Association of Evangelicals
Believers for Biden - part of the Biden campaign
Catholics for Biden - part of the Biden campaign
Other religious leaders and individuals for Biden:
- Daniel Coats, Director of National Intelligence, an evangelical quoted in Bob Woodward's Rage
- Josh Dickson, faith adviser to Biden and evangelical in large nondenominational church in Denver
- Rev. Gabriel Salguero, Latino evangelical
- Alison Siefert, interviewed on 1A Across America (WAMU NPR)
Groups who have invited Biden to speak:
- Progressive National Baptist Convention (African-American)
- Poor People's Campaign
- Online summit for Muslims
Holdouts who still support Trump:
Albert Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, who opposed Trump in 2016, calling him "the great evangelical embarrassment"
Secular, Republican support for Biden:
The Lincoln Project
If you know of other evangelicals or religious groups supporting Biden, please make a note in the Comment Section below.
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