Finding Common Good Among Evangelicals In The Political Season
A Minneapolis pastor is traveling the country, speaking to conservative Christians about faith and the Republican party under Donald Trump. The conversations are dominated by concerns about abortion.
On a recent evening in Houston, under the heavy branches of live oak trees, Doug Pagitt stood before a couple dozen people gathered on blue folding chairs on the Rice University campus.
"You've heard it said that to be a true Christian, you must vote like a Republican," he said. "But we are here to be reminded that just ain't so."
Pagitt, 52, describes himself as a progressive evangelical. He pastors a church in Minneapolis and has been traveling the country by bus, preaching a message that juxtaposes Trump campaign
