SBC’s Mohler endorses former President Donald Trump, says Christian conservatives face big challenges in the years ahead
Al Mohler, president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and host of the popular Podcast, The Briefing, announced on Nov. 4 in WORLD magazine his endorsement of former President Donald Trump.
“The 2024 election presents Christians who think (and vote) like me with an awkward if not excruciating predicament. There is no easy way to go, even if the electoral choice is clear,” Mohler wrote in an opinion piece titled, “The decision we face: Voting to preserve the permanent things.”
“Former President Donald Trump is not what I want a candidate to be in terms of character, temperament, or consistent policy. The 2024 Republican Party platform is a step backward from the convictional clarity of earlier GOP platforms, especially on the issue of abortion. At the start of the race for the 2024 Republican nomination, I called for some other candidate to seize the hour. That did not happen. Donald Trump is not the nominee I would have chosen. But Donald Trump is the nominee of the Republican Party.”
Mohler adds, “On the other hand, Vice President Kamala Harris is the most ideologically extreme Democrat to gain the nomination of that party to date.”
The stakes are high for America if the country chooses Harris, Mohler says.
“Christian conservatives face big challenges ahead as we try to influence the course of government and the future of our society. There is so much ground that must be gained for the cause of unborn life and the right ordering of society. The election of Kamala Harris as president would almost surely lead to a colossal leftward shift in the laws, in appointments to office, in nominations to the Supreme Court, in LGBTQ activism, and in a flurry of executive orders.”
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It's strange to see Southern Baptists endorse a man for president when he couldn't qualify as a deacon in their church since he's been divorced twice and cheated on all three of his wives.