Trump Rallies Evangelicals After Christian Journal’s Scorn

President appears Friday at evangelical church in Miami
Christianity Today magazine advocates Trump’s expulsion

Donald Trump speaks during a 'Homecoming' rally in Sunrise, Florida.
Photographer: Jayme Gershen/Bloomberg

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By Mario Parker

January 3, 2020 at 9:00 AM UTC

Updated on

January 3, 2020 at 11:30 PM UTC

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President Donald Trump’s first campaign event of the year was aimed at keeping evangelicals on his side after a prominent Christian magazine called the president immoral and supported his impeachment.

The president spoke at a Miami megachurch on Friday at an event his campaign says is intended to establish an “Evangelicals for Trump” coalition. The effort comes after the magazine Christianity Today, founded by the evangelist Billy Graham, published an editorial on Dec. 19 calling for Trump’s removal from office by either impeachment or defeat at the polls.