全美近180名福音派领袖签署了一封致美国总统的信今日基督教（CT)周日上午谴责了受欢迎的基督教杂志总编辑周四发表的一篇专栏文章，该文章呼吁罢免唐纳德·特朗普总统与乌克兰的“极其不道德”的交往。
在这封由177名福音派领袖签名的信中，包括自由大学的杰瑞·福尔韦尔，达拉斯第一浸信会的牧师罗伯特·杰弗里斯和撒玛利亚人钱袋的西塞·格雷厄姆·林奇，集体表达了他们对被指控的专栏的“不满”CT美国总编辑马克·加利对他们的“观点”不屑一顾，并说他错误地将他们描述为“极右福音派”
福音派基督徒自2016年以来压倒性地支持特朗普CT社论引发猜测，弹劾已经开始伤害总统最忠诚的选民之一。
林奇也是著名福音传道者葛培理的孙女，他创立了CT。她的父亲，葛培理的儿子富兰克林·格雷厄姆也被责难的社论。
信中写道:“你发表的社论，没有对不同的观点给予任何有意义和直接的考虑，不仅支持完全党派的、法律上可疑的和政治动机的弹劾，而且更进一步，呼吁唐纳德·特朗普不要在2020年再次当选，届时他肯定会在弹劾中幸存。”
“你的社论攻击性地质疑了数千万认真对待公民和道德义务的信徒的精神完整性和基督教见证，”它继续说道。
自称“信仰圣经的基督徒和爱国的美国人”的这个组织继续说，他们很感激特朗普“征求我们的意见”来推进“保护未出生的人，促进[的宗教自由和]改革我们的刑事司法系统”的政策
里克·阿马托牧师，佛罗里达州惠灵顿梦想信念研究所的签字人之一，证实新闻周刊这封信是寄给CT周日早上。谈到该出版物的专栏，阿马托断言，它错误地让公众相信所有福音派教徒都持有相同的批评特朗普的信仰，并且违背了宗教的宽恕教义。
“不幸的是，是杂志自己的名字给人的印象是它代表了所有的基督教，但这与事实相去甚远，”他说。“不管总统做错了什么，即使他做错了也是不道德的，这需要宽恕，如果你是基督徒，就需要伸出援手。”
阿马托说，他的签名伙伴相信“耶稣没有审判人”CT在专栏中对特朗普做了什么。“我们的语言是真理，我们的法律是爱，谈到政治，我们不会到处指责别人，”他说，并补充道，“这不是什么今日基督教相信。"
“他们的所作所为是阴险的，”他补充道。“我认为一本名为《今日基督教》的新闻杂志会写些关于边缘化、贫困和苦难的东西。”
新闻周刊伸出手去今日基督教征求意见，但没有及时回复发表。
在严厉的星期四CT专栏题为“特朗普应该下台”，加利告诉读者，该杂志主张前总统比尔·克林顿在1998年下台，理由是他“没有说实话”
加利写道:“我们20年前对克林顿先生说的话几乎完全适用于我们的现任总统。”。“特朗普是应该由参议院还是在下次选举中通过普选下台——这是一个审慎判断的问题。我们认为，他应该被撤职不是党派忠诚的问题，而是对十诫创造者的忠诚。”
特朗普回击道CT周五早上，他在推特上称这份出版物为“极左杂志”，希望有一位“拿走你的宗教和枪”的总统
当天晚些时候，加利在美国有线电视新闻网的采访中为自己的专栏辩护。“嗯，我想总统认为值得评论，这多少让我受到了一些称赞。自然，我在大约七八个不同层面上不同意他的观点，”他告诉主持人约翰·伯曼。
弗吉尼亚州林奇堡5月13日:2017年5月13日，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普(左)和自由大学校长杰里·法尔韦尔(右)在弗吉尼亚州林奇堡自由大学的毕业典礼上登台。特朗普总统是自1990年乔治·布什发表演讲以来，首位在自由大学毕业典礼上发言的在任总统。
NEARLY 180 EVANGELICAL LEADERS, INCLUDING BILLY GRAHAM'S GRANDDAUGHTER, CONDEMN ANTI-TRUMP EDITORIAL IN LETTER TO CHRISTIANITY TODAY
Nearly 180 evangelical leaders across America signed a letter sent to the president of Christianity Today (CT) on Sunday morning condemning an op-ed the popular Christian magazine's editor-in-chief published on Thursday that called for the removal of President Donald Trump over his "profoundly immoral" dealings with Ukraine.
In the letter, signed by 177 evangelicals leaders including Liberty University's Jerry Falwell Jr., First Baptist Dallas' Pastor Robert Jeffress and Samaritans Purse' Cissie Graham Lynch, the collective expressed their "dissatisfaction" with the op-ed, accused CT's editor-in-chief, Mark Galli, of dismissing their "point of view," and said he inaccurately characterized them as "far right evangelicals."
Evangelical Christians have overwhelmingly supported Trump since 2016 and the CT editorial prompted speculation that the impeachment had begun to hurt the president with one of his most loyal constituencies.
Lynch is also the granddaughter of famed evangelist Billy Graham, who founded CT. Her father, Franklin Graham, Billy Graham's son, has also condemned the editorial.
"The editorial you published, without any meaningful and immediate regard for dissenting points of view, not only supported the entirely-partisan, legally-dubious, and politically-motivated impeachment," the letter read, "but went even further, calling for Donald Trump not to be elected again in 2020 when he certainly survives impeachment."
"Your editorial offensively questioned the spiritual integrity and Christian witness of tens-of-millions of believers who take seriously their civic and moral obligations," it continued.
The group, who called themselves "Bible-believing Christians and patriotic Americans," went on to say that they are grateful that Trump has "sought our advice" to advance policies that "protect the unborn, promote religious freedom [and] reform our criminal justice system."
Rev. Rick Amato, one of the signatories, from Dream Believe Institute in Wellington, Florida, confirmed to Newsweek that the letter was sent to CT on Sunday morning. Speaking about the publication's op-ed, Amato asserted that it inaccurately led the public to believe that all evangelicals held the same beliefs critical of Trump and that it breached the religion's teachings of forgiveness.
"Unfortunately, it's the magazine's own name that left the impression that it speaks for all of Christianity, but that couldn't be further from the truth," he said. "Whether the president did something wrong or not, even if he did and it's immoral, it required forgiveness and it requires a hand reaching out if you're a Christian."
Amato said that his fellow signatories believe that "Jesus didn't judge people" like CT did to Trump in the op-ed. "Our language is truth, our law is love and when it comes to politics, we don't go around pointing the finger and judging people," he said, adding that "it's not what Christianity Todaybelieves."
"What they did, it was insidious," he added. "I would think that a news magazine that called itself Christianity Today would be writing about the marginalized, the poor and suffering."
Newsweek reached out to Christianity Today for comment but did not hear back in time for publication.
In the scathing Thursday CT op-ed, titled "Trump Should Be Removed from Office," Galli told readers that the magazine advocated for former President Bill Clinton's removal from office in 1998 over his "failure to tell the truth."
"The words that we applied to Mr. Clinton 20 years ago apply almost perfectly to our current president," Galli wrote. "Whether Mr. Trump should be removed from office by the Senate or by popular vote next election—that is a matter of prudential judgment. That he should be removed, we believe, is not a matter of partisan loyalties but loyalty to the Creator of the Ten Commandments."
Trump fired back at CT on Friday morning in a tweet, where he called the publication a "far left magazine" that wants a president who would "take your religion & your guns."
Later that day, Galli defended his op-ed in an interview on CNN. "Well, I suppose I'm somewhat complimented that the president thought it was worth commenting on. Naturally, I disagree with him on about seven or eight different levels," he told host John Berman.
LYNCHBURG, VA - MAY 13: U.S. President Donald Trump (L) and Jerry Falwell (R), President of Liberty University, on stage during a commencement at Liberty University May 13, 2017 in Lynchburg, Virginia. President Trump is the first sitting president to speak at Liberty's commencement since George H.W. Bush spoke in 1990.
