A worship pastor has drawn both praise and ire for penning a song which expressly condemns the 81 percent of white evangelical voters who backed Donald Trump in the 2016 Presidential election.
Daniel Dietrich of South Bend City Church in South Bend, Indiana, penned “Hymn for the 81%” after becoming disillusioned with the stoic evangelical support for Trump. Many progressive Christians have criticized their conservative counterparts for supporting Trump despite the billionaire’s flawed character and moral failings. Others cannot reconcile many of Trump’s more hardline immigration policies with living out the Christian faith with compassion and kindness.
“In 2016, 81 percent of white evangelical Christians voted for Donald Trump after, among other things, hearing an audio recording of him bragging about sexually assaulting women. Even after enacting deliberately cruel policies to rip families apart and put children in cages at the southern border, evangelical support is as fervent as ever,” Dietrich told Religion News Service.
“I was raised in the evangelical world and was taught to take the words of Jesus seriously: Love God, love your neighbor, feed the hungry, fight against injustice,” he added. “This song might ruffle some feathers, but maybe some feathers need to be ruffled.”
The song has since received over half a million views on YouTube, with many praising Dietrich for his…
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