Matt Chandler says Christians easily ‘manipulated,’ ‘controlled’ by GOP for votes

October 28, 2024

The pastor of a megachurch is posing the question: Are Christians being exploited by the Republican Party?

The Christian Post reports that Pastor Matt Chandler of The Village Church in Dallas has called upon Christians to critically assess the Republican Party’s approach to their values.

In a sermon earlier this month, Chandler criticized the GOP for what he called a strategic co-opting of the Christian community, saying, “”In 1972, go read their Charter, not a single word about God or abortion in there,” he said. “They were losing elections, they developed a strategy in the ’70s to co-opt us and make us their people.”

Chandler warned that while many in the GOP don’t genuinely represent Christian beliefs, they’re still more than willing to represent Evangelical voters, stating, “They know we’re easily manipulated, we are easily worked into a frenzy, we can be controlled by them. They are not for us. They do not all believe what we believe.”

The pastor also took the political left to task, characterizing pro-abortion Democrats as “morally reprehensible and demonic.”

Chandler also emphasized the importance of not letting the emotions of the intense political landscape dictate faith-based responses, saying, “They’re trying to appeal to our emotions and whip us into a fear/anger frenzy. This is a manipulative game that has been used by tyrannical governments across history — ‘make them angry, make them afraid, they’ll do what we want.’ 

The megachurch pastor also condemned the current promiscuous worldview of sexuality as being, “incompatible with what we believe as Christians.”

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