How Will The Second Trump Impact The Church?

Christians drastically underestimate the impact that a national leader has on the church or how much the church has on said leader. Perhaps the head of a nation is conducive to the church flourishing or floundering. Or perhaps the triumphs of the church result in national blessings, such as more competent leaders. In either case, it is historically evident that the President of the United States is a reflection of the church.

One example is that the Jesus movement happened under Richard Nixon or that the moral majority fought to oppose Jimmy Carter in favor of Ronald Reagan. Under Barack Obama, wokeness took over the church institutions. It’s no coincidence that much of this started in 2009 where Russell Moore went liberal or the Evangelical Covenant Church adopted Critical Race Theory. I argue that the vibes of this country were conducive for this to occur. And then the Southern Baptist Convention would go woke.

Under Donald Trump, the battle raged in the church over wokeness, feminism, and gayness. These battles are not resolved, but while denominations went woke, the laity showed themselves resilient as a bloc proving to be a lone bulwark against moral insanity. Donald Trump exposed many things, and thus many things were exposed in the church while Trump was President.

Joe Biden’s presidency lacks an aura of legitimacy and competence. In the church, we saw how Evangelical leaders also lacked justification for their influence in Evangelicalism. Already, many were woke liberals, but it became clear that the leadership of those opposed to one form of wokeness was opened to another. Moreover, this old guard of leaders allowed wokeness to make great strides in the church in the first place. So there exists an unspoken competency crisis that has led to many new leaders and new institutions emerging.

Donald Trump’s second term begins with an aura of legitimacy and a vibe shift where the nation seems ready to give him the reins. He brings with him a host of new leaders and new alliances. Perhaps this will be reflected in the church in the next four years.