As America approaches a most critical election where the sanctity of unborn life, religious freedom, border security, support for Israel, and protecting children from mutilating surgeries all hang in the balance, a recent survey shows an estimated 32 million Christians who are regular churchgoers are unlikely to vote on Tuesday.
The survey, led by veteran researcher Dr. George Barna at Arizona Christian University, explained the reasons for the sheer number of potential abstentions range from general political disinterest, distaste for both major-party candidates, dissatisfaction in the quality of government, and the widespread expectation that illegal activity will corrupt the election results.
Regardless of the reasons, the study revealed that large numbers of pastors and churches have “distanced themselves” from the election and are not even engaging their congregants on the key societal issues they want to hear about.
However, Barna projected that if pastors simply encouraged their congregants to vote, an additional five million Christians will likely do so. By “that simple exhortation,” the study noted, pastors “could change the outcome of the election by simply doing their job and getting congregants to fulfill one of their chief duties as an American citizen.”
Last Chance, Pastors!
Barna noted the overall gap in the contested 2020 election was seven million votes, but the gaps in nine key swing states totaled just 587,000 votes. […]
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