Jim Beam column:Great candidates won midterms

Christianity — with its mainline Presbyterian, Methodist and Lutheran branches that hold moderate or progressive beliefs — was the big winner at the Nov. 3 midterm elections. It helped Democrats win control of Congress while White evangelicals continued their support of Republican President Donald Trump. The Associated Press in its election report said clergy members and other Democratic candidates with an unapologetically Christian message to “love your neighbor” helped their party flip control of Congress. Brian Kaylor, a Baptist pastor and editor of a progressive faith in politics site, said, “This attempt to corner the market on Christianity by evangelicals was repudiated.” Kaylor said the mainline candidates, in keeping with their Christian values, backed church-state separation and sought common ground across religions.

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