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Politics in the Pews: Evangelical Christian engagement in elections from the Moral Majority to today

The Christian Post's year-long article series "Politics in the Pews: Evangelical Christian engagement in elections from the Moral Majority to today" analyzes issues pertaining to election integrity and new ways of getting out the vote, including churches participating in ballot collection. The project also touches on how Evangelical involvement in politics has evolved from the Moral Majority movement of the 1980s to more organized, yet fractured efforts to mobilize Christian voters today. 

Politics in the Pews: Evangelical Christian engagement in elections from the Moral Majority to today

Politics in the pews

With all eyes on the upcoming presidential election in November, The Christian Post is diving into the issues that Evangelical voters and church leaders from a broad swath of backgrounds and opinions say are most significant in 2024 and beyond. CP’s year-long article series “Politics in the Pews” aims to do just that. We begin with pieces by CP reporter Ryan Foley looking at church ballot collection and the differing views on whether congregations should participate in ballot harvesting if legal

Politics in the pews