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Evangelical support for U.S. President Donald Trump is back in the spotlight after the resignation of a leading journalist for The Christian Post Magazine .

a Journalist, Napp Nazworth of the departure of an op-ed by different Christian outlet follows to remove the call for Mr Trump.

The subsequent outcry was a proxy war under U.S. evangelists about Mr. Trump, in a largely uncontested grip on the religious right.

He claimed, the overwhelming Evangelical support since its inauguration.

So, what is behind this conflict and what are the consequences for The President ?

last week, elected to the U.S. house of representatives, to remove the charges, Mr Trump, Christianity Today an editorial by editor-in-chief, Mark Galli and calls for The President to be published.

Not a Mockery of Mr Trump, the "grossly immoral character," Mr. Galli, The President described the expulsion from office as a Christian imperative: "a question of party-political loyalty, but loyalty to The Creator of the Ten Commandments ".

Mr Trump ", trying to force his political power to harass a foreign leader and to discredit one of The President 's political opponents," Mr Galli wrote. "This is not only a violation of The Constitution ; more importantly, it is deeply immoral. "

And the Magazine - founded by one of The Most influential preachers of the 20Th Century , Billy Graham went even further, by dedicated to the fingers of the evangelicals, who remained The President ", in spite of his blackened moral record".

"Remember who you are and whom you serve," said Mr. Galli wrote.

As Mr Trump became President, he rose to claim, with the full support of Evangelical Christians, which, strengthened by his selection of the Evangelical Mike Pence , as his Vice President.

In the 2016 presidential elections, 80% of self-identified white born-again or Evangelical Christians voted for Mr. Trump, according to the analysis by the Pew Research Center.

Mr Trump's success among evangelicals follows a political pattern in the United States: in every presidential election since 2004, white, born-again and Evangelical Christians have, by and large, voted for the Republican candidate.

But The President 's support among evangelicals is not can be explained only by party affiliation. In fact, the famously brazen US President managed to reach or exceed to win the support of this demographic, by President George W. Bush in 2004, and the presidential candidates John Mccain in 2008 and Mitt Romney in 2012.

And since Mr Trump the move of the White house, he has kept a number of promises to his religious voters.

He nominated two reliable conservatives, Neil from gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh , to the Supreme court.

in addition, the easing of the government mandates that health insurance plans include free contraceptive coverage.

Mr Trump also restrictions on the political activity of religious organizations relaxed. And he increased restrictions by the government, the support for international organizations that provided Family Planning and abortion advice.

And in an apparent snub to what some see as an unofficial ban on the traditional Christmas greeting, The President said: "We you a Merry Christmas, say that again."

Such promises have paid off. While the support in the case of some of US Christians has dipped, NPR, PBS NewsHour-Marist poll from the beginning of the month found to approve 75% of white Evangelical Christians, Mr Trump, compared with 42 percent of U.S. adults overall.

This support is crucial for Mr. Trump: a victory in the 2020 election will contain a victory for social conservatives, Evangelical Christians.

Christianity Today's scorching editorial provoked a split reaction among American Christians - the mirroring divisions among the Christians in their support for The President .

Some of the Magazine followed the lead in breaking relations with the Republican President to double while others, on their support for Mr Trump.

- On Sunday, nearly 200 Evangelical leaders, and other supporters of The President , including former Arkansas Governor and two-time Republican presidential candidate, Mike Huckabee , and former Minnesota Republican Michele Bachmann wrote a letter that suggested Christianity Today.

"put your editorial on the offensive in question, the spiritual integrity and Christian witness of the tens of millions of believers who take seriously their civic and moral obligations," she wrote. "It's not only targeted to our President; they also targeted those of us who support him, and you have supported. "

The President also weighed in to dismiss with Twitter on Friday, the Christianity Today as "far-left Magazine ".

But while the article, the book lost a reported 2,000 subscriptions, won the 5,000 new readers, drawn from a younger and more diverse audience, the "Washington Post" said.

And on Sunday, the Christianity Today President Timothy Dalrymple defended the editorial, decrying the "enormous damage" caused by "The Alliance of American evangelicalism with this presidency".

"is that Christianity Today is theologically conservative. We wrote pro-life and pro-family," Mr Dalrymple. But "the costs were too high. American evangelicalism is not a Republican PAC".

On Monday, a journalist Napp Nazworth announced that he was forced "to leave the difficult decision, The Christian Post".

Mr. Nazworth - the political editor, and in the vicinity of 10-year-veteran, who decided The Christian Magazine , whose Twitter biography includes the hashtag #never trump,-said the publication "to publish, in an editorial that put you on Team Trump".

He continued: "I can't go to an editor for publication, the editorial Voice . "

Mr. Nazworth decision, and Christianity Today editorial, the cracks in Mr. Trump suggest, the Evangelical stronghold.

But a Christian rush to the Democrats remains unlikely, especially since the parties are at odds over the right to abortion a Central issue for the social conservatives.

According to a study by Pew in October: while the white, who identify themselves as Christians, about two-thirds of all Republicans make, they now amount to only a quarter of the Democrats .

Source of news: bbc.com