Iowa evangelicals must be different than the Mississippi evangelicals I was raised around.
If a Southern Baptist preacher in Mississippi tried to tell his congregation who to vote for, he'd be knocked out of the pulpit within a week.
Especially if he referred to half the congregation's preferred candidate as a "wicked man." LOL
Must be lingering resentment over Reconstruction. Those feisty Southerners don't take direction from anyone except their boss and their wife.
I got no responses to that, so my questions remain. Do Iowans actually go to church and tolerate the preacher telling them who to vote for?
What was your reaction to the Dallas SBC megachurch preacher unofficially endorsing Trump from the pulpit???
I suspect some do, but most probably just look to their pastor’s opinion as someone respected, and may listen to them, may not. I am sure a Pastor speaking out for a candidate (or against another based on evidence) can’t hurt the former...