Posted on 11/15/2016 9:06:38 AM PST by 11th_VA
Evangelical Christians proved to be a driving force behind Donald Trump winning the 2016 presidential election, but some high-profile Christian entertainers have voiced their disagreement with fellow believers who supported the candidate.
According to the Fox News exit polls, white evangelical voters helped seal the deal for President-elect Trump. Similarly, a study conducted by WPA Research and commissioned by Family Research Council, shows that 1 in 3 Hispanics and a significant number of African-Americans also voted for him as well. And that 59 percent of Trump voters were impacted by the Republican Party's pro-life and pro-religious liberty stand.
For Yolanda Adams, the gospel music singer and host of "The Yolanda Adams Morning Show," Trump's big win is a symbol that there are still issues in the nation. She took to social media to warn evangelical Christians that she would be keeping a close eye on their decision.
"The #Election is OVER!! I'm convinced now more than ever that #GOD is MY SOURCE," Adams wrote. "If it showed us anything, it's that 'we have YET to overcome.' So let's watch and see if a #Republican controlled #government is the answer that all our Evangelicals told us it would be.YES WE ARE WATCHING YALL!!"
It seems Adams is not the only person keeping watch. Best-selling Christian author Mandy Hale of titles like I've Never Been to Vegas But My Luggage Has and Beautiful Uncertainty warned Christians that they were being duped by Trump.
"Wonder how long will it take for 'Christians' to realize just how gravely Trump duped them," Hale questioned on Twitter. "Honestly I don't even feel stoked about identifying as 'Christian' anymore. I'll just call myself a follower of Jesus."
Hale added that she was so affected by Trump being named president-elect of the United States that it shook her faith.
"This shatters parts of my faith in humanity, in my own faith, and in this country that I don't think I'll ever get back," she wrote.
Hale went on to rebuke Christians whom she said weren't allowing her to grieve in a moment in which she was hurting.
"Ppl telling me how to feel today: Stop. Ppl telling me that I just need to focus on God: Stop," she wrote. "I'm allowed to grieve. I'm allowed to mourn."
After sharing a comment from Lecrae, the author further expressed her own feelings.
"I know God is in control. But so did Jesus when He wept for Lazarus," Lecrae wrote in a message that Hale retweeted, adding, "This is the perfect expression of what I've been feeling today but have been unable to put into words."...
Never heard of them. Are they Dancers Jugglers or Mimes?
/ Facetious
It takes something big to wake one up. God is and always has been in control.
"If it showed us anything, it's that 'we have YET to overcome.'
True, there are some democrats and RINOs that are still in power.
So let's watch and see if a #Republican controlled #government is the answer that all our Evangelicals told us it would be.
Yep. I agree.
YES WE ARE WATCHING YALL!!"
But, if you miss anything, Wikileaks will be there....
Were we supposed to vote for the Grandma of Planned Parenthood? I had plenty of these types trying to convince me that Christians can’t vote for bad people, thus I shouldn’t vote..... lol
Liberal Christians are liberals first.
Donald Trump isn’t qualified; to be a pastor.
But we didn’t elect a pastor; we elected a President.
Y’all isn’t black gibberish. It’s Southern Appalachian.
“black gibberish”
I think plenty of white rural folks who use “y’all” on a daily basis would probably object to that characterization.
Besides, gibberish is unintelligible. If you live in the US and can’t figure out what “yall” means, then you must live in a cave or something.
Probably all voted for BHO. F them...BHO took Christians for a ride in 2008, shame on them if they took that ride a second time. SHUT UP AND SING!
I replied to her tweet with one of my own: When you lose a 3 yr old son to cancer, you grieve, you mourn. When someone you didn’t want to wins an election, life goes on
So real Christians were supposed to vote for hilzebub?
Must be that new all inclusive rainbow chrislam branch.
Where’s the stats on Evangelicals? white and all colors? The headline makes a pronouncement and then fails to include the evidence in their article.
Could it be that these particular Christians are more in to the art of song than to studying their professed faith via the Bible? Study of the Word helps develop critical thinking skills along with a biblical worldview, neither of which these two are exemplifying. Perhaps these well-to-do snowflakes are not that into reading, studying and getting to know the mind of the God who exhorts us to do so.
LOL. Exactly. Sadly too many pseudo Christians get into the Christian market because it is easier entry. Creed is a good example as is Katy Perry
Remember those jackets he did?
//Donald Trump isn’t qualified; to be a pastor.//
No one in politics is. This idea we need to elect only the pure is ridiculous.
I’ve only ever heard of one of them, Kirk Franklin, and I listen to Christian radio several times a week.
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