Mark Galli is editor-in-chief of Christianity Today, an evangelical magazine founded in 1956 by Billy Graham. He generated global headlines over the weekend with an editorial titled “Trump Should Be Removed from Office.”
Responding to testimony given during the House impeachment hearings, Galli claims that the president acted with Ukraine in a manner that “is not only a violation of the Constitution; more importantly, it is profoundly immoral.” He believes that the president should be removed either by the Senate or by popular vote during the next election.
In response, nearly two hundred evangelical leaders condemned Galli’s editorial and stated that he “offensively questioned the spiritual integrity and Christian witness of tens-of-millions of believers who take seriously their civic and moral obligations.”
Five ways evangelicals view the president
This controversy points to the fact that evangelicals are anything but monolithic with regard to President Trump. Seen on a spectrum, some:
- View him as God’s anointed leader for our time.
- Do not view him through such a lens but consider his personality to be essential for defending our nation in these days.
- Support him for his positions on life, religious liberty, Israel, and other moral issues.
- Supported him in light of his judicial appointments and moral positions but now believe, in light of recent Supreme Court confirmations, that his leadership is more damaging than helpful
- Have never believed that he should be president, citing either his personal character, public statements, and/or moral positions.
One fact upon which we should all agree is that no one speaks for all evangelicals or for all Christians. We should hold our position on this and other divisive issues sincerely and confidently, but with humility that respects others as well.
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