Felt Quote by Robert Jeffress

It was funny that rank-and-file evangelicals were ahead of all the leadership. They saw for decades conservative Republicans had made promises to them on…

— Jerry Falwell, Jr

In 1980, evangelicals overwhelmingly elected a candidate who was a known womanizer when he was in Hollywood. He would be the first divorced president…

— Robert Jeffress

In the past, candidates' performances of 'Christianity' have been strong points for voters, but Trump's ascendancy with evangelicals has eviscerated that expectation. Evangelicals, like…

— Anthea Butler

By supporting Reagan, evangelicals were not supporting womanizing or divorce, but they were endorsing Reagan's policies.

— Robert Jeffress

Reagan, people claimed, was too old to run for president and to be elected. But he proved himself such a vigorous campaigner in the…

— Geoffrey Cowan

“The Reagan administration is full of such “careless people”; their kind of carelessness is immoral. And President Reagan calls himself a Christian! How does…

— John Irving

Ever since the 1980s and the Moral Majority, evangelicals have been loyal to the Republican Party, giving their votes in return for promises on…

— Ben Domenech

Leaders are for calling people to their better angels, for helping guide them to a kind of sterner, more mature sense of what we…

— Rick Perlstein

There were three kinds of evangelical leaders: The dumb or idealistic ones who really believed. The out-and-out charlatans. And the smart ones who still…

— Frank Schaeffer

Evangelicals have, for decades, believed that the country was more conservative than not, more Christian than not. The bipartisanship on religious liberty and the…

— Ben Domenech

It is no exaggeration to say many evangelicals consider Trump an anointed figure; a clearly venal man somehow chosen by their God to rescue…

— Neil Macdonald

When you talk about evangelicals, don't forget that a significant proportion of the evangelical community is African American. And most African Americans - well…

— Tony Campolo