| | | Good afternoon! It's Friday, Jan. 6, and today's headlines include a survey showing that the majority of the incoming members of Congress identify as Christians, a selection of highlights from Passion 2023, and details on Journey founder Neal Schon calling for the removal of Paula White-Cain as an authorized signatory on the band’s bank accounts. | Pew Research Center’s latest Faith on the Hill report has revealed that an overwhelming majority of the incoming members of Congress identify as Christians. The report shows that Christians will comprise 88% of voting members whenever the lower chamber of the 118th United States Congress is sworn in, which is pending the election of the next House Speaker. The figure, which remains unchanged from the 117th session, is noticeably higher than the share of Christians in the general U.S. population, which has declined from 78% to 63% since 2007. The figure also represents the second-highest percentage since 1979-’80, when 91% of members of the 96th Congress identified as Christian. | The Pew report shows that the actual number of Christians at the start of the 2023-2024 session makes up the lowest number since Pew first started surveying the religious affiliation of the House and Senate for the 2009-2010 session, with the current figure standing at 469 in total compared to 470-plus during the last eight sessions. There are 65 lawmakers who do not identify as Christians, a slight uptick from 64 in the 117th Congress. Of those, 33 are Jewish, three are Unitarian Universalist, another three are Muslim, along with two Hindus and two Buddhists. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., identified as religiously unaffiliated, Rep. Jared Huffman, D-Calif., identified as "humanist," and another 20 members were categorized as having unknown religious affiliations. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., identifies as a Messianic Jew and has also publicly identified as a Christian; it's unclear whether Pew counted her as "Christian" or "Other." Continue reading. | P.S.Want to listen to the day’s headlines? Check out The Christian Post Daily, a podcast featuring the day’s top headlines. Listen now on Apple, Google, Spotify, Edifi, or wherever you stream your favorite podcasts. Don’t forget to subscribe so that you never miss an update. |
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