Congress’s ‘Other’ Christians

[rlvaughn]

Congress’s ‘Other’ Christians: The Fastest-Growing Faith on the Hill

Though the overall number of Christians in Congress fell slightly from 91 percent from 2017 to 88 percent in 2019, a vast majority of freshmen—78 of the 96 newly elected lawmakers—identify as Christian and around half—47—are Protestants, according to the Pew Research Center’s Faith on the Hill report.

Congress now includes a total of 80 unspecified/other Protestants. Though the catch-all affiliation is among the most overrepresented in the legislature (15% of representatives compared to 5% of American adults), the disparity may be in part due to elected officials opting not to indicate a particular tradition.

 

[church mouse guy]

Most of the GOP don't know what party they belong to.

 

[Jerome]

Congress’s ‘Other’ Christians: The Fastest-Growing Faith on the Hill

Congress now includes a total of 80 unspecified/other Protestants....in part due to elected officials opting not to indicate a particular tradition.

Hilarious.

Presbyterian, Episcopal, Lutheran, Baptist, Restorationist are options on the questionnaire, yet:

"Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri...assumes Claire McCaskill’s seat....Hawley belongs to the Evangelical Presbyterian Church...and is one of 22 freshmen who identify as unspecified/other Protestants in the congressional questionnaire from CQ Roll Call, the basis for the Pew report released today."

"[Other] incoming representatives who selected the unspecified/other Protestant category...attend denominational churches, such as Representative Dusty Johnson of South Dakota...Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)....Representative Kendra Horn of Oklahoma, a Southern Baptist-turned-Episcopalian...and Representative William Timmons of South Carolina, a member of Greenville’s Christ Church Episcopal"

"Two new lawmakers belong to Church of Christ congregations: Representative Lance Gooden of Texas, who attends Rockwall & Brin Church of Christ and identifies as Congregationalist, and Representative John Rose of Tennessee, who attends Buffalo Valley Church of Christ and identifies with the unspecified Protestant designation."

 

[PastoralMusings]

The have DDD- Denominational Dysphoria Disorder. One goes to COC yet “identifies” as Congregationalist. Wow!
I didn’t realize that one could be COC and yet self-identify as another denomination....well, except for the Baptist who seem to self-identify as Catholic by only attending on Easter and Christmas