Key facts
- Conservative pastors intend to use Sunday sermons to encourage support for right-wing candidates.
- Pastor Robert Jeffress will preach on the Tower of Babel, relating it to the election.
- A survey indicates over 90% of Protestant pastors will not endorse candidates from the pulpit.
Conservative evangelical pastors across the United States are preparing to deliver sermons on Sunday that aim to galvanize their congregations to support right-wing candidates and causes. Pastor Robert Jeffress of First Baptist Dallas stated that he will preach about the Tower of Babel, drawing parallels to the current election and warning against what he described as the "toxic faith" of Democratic candidates like Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico. Meanwhile, a Lifeway Research survey indicates that a vast majority of Protestant pastors, over 90%, do not plan to endorse specific candidates from the pulpit, regardless of legal changes to the Johnson Amendment.