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Charlottesville, Trump, & the Religious Right: Why Your Leaders Can’t Save You


Donald Trump appears to have taken a play out of the Southern Baptist Convention’s playbook.

This summer, the Southern Baptist Convention made a critical error in our country’s struggle for racial reconciliation. When presented with a resolution to condemn the Alt-right and white supremacist movements, they initially declined to bring it to a vote.

Only after a public outcry did they pass the resolution, naming these groups what they are: hate groups.

After the violence in Charlottesville this weekend, Trump followed in their footsteps— play by play.

He failed to condemn these groups by name, until the public outcry grew so great that he finally conceded.

And even then, it was with caveats.

Your President repeated the blunder of your pastors.

Who has the wisdom to bring healing to our country’s festering wounds?

Join Monica Dennington as she takes you straight to the Bible to find out.

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