[Morgana]

Seems to me back in the 1980's this would have been unheard of.

[Red Badger]

SBC ain’t what it used to be....................

[mewzilla]

26% of 13 mil.

Big whoop.

[struggle]

>Seems to me back in the 1980’s this would have been unheard of.

Actually, a lot of southern whites were fervent Democrats back then. The Mississippi and Alabama state houses didn’t become republican until 2010.

[suthener]

What changed is a total mystery.

“However, in recent years, some black churches have affiliated with the SBC, such as Progressive Baptist Church in Chicago,”

[Blennos]

Is the 26% number “staggering” because it is so high or so low?

[bk1000]

One cannot be Christian AND Democrat. Not anymore.

[volare737]

What are they thinking? geez

[HandBasketHell]

"There are lies, damned lies, and statistics."

The little-mentioned factoid that the Black churches that have joined the Southern Baptist organization are 99.9% Democrat. This explains the shift. The article wants the public to believe that people of faith are abandoning Republicans for the commies.

[Preachin']

I think it’s partly due to the effect of Rick Warren’s Purpose Driven Church methodology.

[jimwatx]

Prior to Ronald Reagan the % was much higher and most of them voted Democrat.

[wild74]

There are a few in my Baptist Church, very few but it is well below 26% I would think that number is about right for city churches led by some moderate thinking so called preacher

[Verginius Rufus]

Staggering Southern Baptists? Are those the Baptists who drink when no other Baptists are around?

[Bon of Babble]

Those Democrats should be asked if they’re OK with grown, naked men sharing locker rooms with their elementary and middle school-aged daughters.

Because that is exactly what they’re supporting.

[HonkyTonkMan]

SBC appoints democrats and democrat congressional staffers to key positions.

[Dartoid]

The SBC has been infiltrated by the left. Russell Moore did an incredible amount of damage. But this blog you keep pimping are there to cause chaos and confusion. They are not transparent about who they are and what their beliefs are. They are bomb throwers and anyone reading anything from them needs to do so with this in mind and use spiritual discernment.

[daniel1212]

What about your denom?

U.S. Catholics are split down the middle politically. Around half of Catholic registered voters (48%) describe themselves as Republicans or say they lean toward the Republican Party, while roughly the same share (47%) identify with or lean toward the Democratic Party, according to Pew Research Center polls in 2018 and 2019. In 2016, 52% of Catholics backed Republican Donald Trump while 44% voted for Democrat Hillary Clinton..

Catholics chose Democrat Barack Obama over Republican John McCain in 2008 by a margin of 54% to 45%, and divided their votes almost exactly in half in 2012 (when Obama defeated Republican Mitt Romney) and 2000 (when Bush defeated Democrat Al Gore). - https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2020/09/15/8-facts-about-catholics-and-politics-in-the-u-s/

-https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2016/02/23/u-s-religious-groups-and-their-political-leanings/

[MayflowerMadam]

Southern Baptists — they went off the deep end a long time ago. And, I believe there are SBC-sponsored NGO facilities helping bring in illegals at the border. I am not sure — have heard both yes and no on that one.

[ansel12]

Here is an example of what religion meant to Los Angeles and what led to the total collapse of California and its transfer to the left.

“During the 1920s and 1930s Los Angeles was a bastion of Anglo Protestantism, reflecting the values of Midwestern parishioners who had been carried to the Southland on the Southern Pacific Railroad. Well into the 1970s, Protestant denominational leaders enjoyed comfortable, influential ties with the city’s still-strong “downtown business
establishment,” which itself was largely Protestant.

The Immigration Act of 1965, however, created the condition for a radically different religious future for the City of Angels-a future that would anoint Roman Catholicism as the area’s dominant religious group. Today Roman Catholicism is the single largest faith tradition in Los Angeles County, with 294 parishes and 3,631,368 adherents.
Among Christians, 71% are Catholics. Between 1980 and 1997, Roman Catholicism experienced a 36% growth.”

[Albion Wilde]

Could it be that SBC is concentrated in the same states with large black populations, hence...

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

a staggering 26 percent of Southern Baptists are registered as Democrats, which signals a drastic ideological shift

Toward the republicans. Because it used to be at least 50%.

Seems to me back in the 1980's this would have been unheard of.

I have known and worked with Southern Baptist since the 80s.

There was always a large number of democrats in the ranks.