Evangelicals Archives

State Sen. Angela Paxton, R-McKinney, wife of suspended Texas state Attorney General Ken Paxton, keeps track of voting in his impeachment trial at the Texas Capitol, Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023, in Austin, Texas.

September 18, 2023

The Biblical Womanhood of Angela Paxton

Throughout the impeachment trial of Attorney General Ken Paxton, his wife, a state senator, shared her internal struggle one Bible verse at a time.

By Sandi Villarreal

Politics & Policy|

June 29, 2020

Mike Pence Preaches to a Maskless Choir in Dallas

With Donald Trump’s approval rating dropping among his formerly reliable white evangelical base, the administration dispatched the vice president to Robert Jeffress’s First Baptist Church.

By Christopher Hooks

Robert Jeffress painted in a biblical style with a halo and staff.

Politics & Policy|

July 23, 2019

Trump’s Apostle

No matter how incendiary his latest tweet or policy might seem, Donald Trump can count on evangelical preacher and Fox News fixture Robert Jeffress to defend him. What’s behind the Dallas pastor’s unconditional embrace?

By Michael J. Mooney

The Culture|

April 11, 2014

Answering the Call

How did Robert Jeffress turn Dallas’s once-declining First Baptist Church into a vibrant megachurch? Certainly not by pussyfooting around.

By Skip Hollandsworth

Sports|

January 21, 2013

Georgetown’s Celebration Church Gets Tebowed

The evangelical Christian NFL star came to Central Texas Easter Sunday for a Q&A before an outdoor crowd that was estimated to be between fifteen and thirty thousand people.

By Jason Cohen

Politics & Policy|

January 21, 2013

Today in Perry: The Governor’s Campaign Continues Sliding

A group of evangelicals endorse Rick Santorum, Rick Perry defends the corpse desecrating-Marines, and the governor (and his hair) seem visibly shaken in South Carolina.

By Sonia Smith

Politics & Policy|

October 9, 2009

Required Reading for Republicans

Michael Gerson, the former Bush 43 speechwriter, has an op-ed piece in the Washington Post today on the subject of the Republican party's suicidal antipathy [my words, not his] toward Hispanics. Gerson uses the resignation of former U.S. Senator Mel Martinez of Florida in August as his entry

By Paul Burka

Being Texan|

July 31, 2005

Prime Minister

The fastest-growing church in the world. The biggest congregation this side of the Vatican. The highest ratings of any religious broadcaster. One of the best-selling religious books in years. Can Joel Osteen get an “Amen”?

By William Martin