In a Pew poll in 2021, more than a third of white evangelicals said the government should stop enforcing the separation of church and state. To that end, 'apostles' engage in political activism. They shun the Democratic party (membership is a form of "demonic worship", Mr Hood has written) and cultivate ties with Republicans.
Donald Trump is more intimately acquainted with the seven deadly sins than the contents of the Bible. Why do so many conservative Christians support him so avidly—and even believe he was chosen by God?