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    On Praying for the President

    Donald Trump’s controversial stop at a Virginia mega-church after a mass shooting showed how even normal Christian behavior has been scrutinized during this administration.
    by Emma Green Jun 03, 2019 3 minutes
    Source: Joshua Roberts / Reuters

    It is not weird for a Southern Baptist pastor to pray for the president of the United States. Yes, voted for Donald Trump, and have remained   of the president during his first two years in office. Yes, he has surrounded himself with a who have cemented the association between conservative Christianity and Trumpism. But even among the evangelical pastors who spoke out against Trump in the run-up to Election Day 2016——praying for the president is a given. As Russell Moore, a major Southern Baptist leader and a vocal Trump critic, shortly before Trump’s inauguration, it

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