NC pastor, Southern Baptist Convention push COVID vaccine while facing criticism

Item

PGV_ID

104075

Title

NC pastor, Southern Baptist Convention push COVID vaccine while facing criticism

Author (individual or group)

DAVID CRARY

URL

Location

North Carolina

Religious movement

Southern Baptist
-- Southern Baptist Convention

Description or narrative

When the president of the Southern Baptist Convention, Reverend J.D. Greear posted a photo of him getting the COVID-19 vaccine, there was a lot of admiration for him, but also a lot of skepticism. This then opened a conversation about the Evangelical communities, and that while “40% of white Evangelicals will not get the vaccine”, the end of the pandemic seems to weigh heavy on the community, as Evangelicals compose “approx. 20% of the US population”. The challenge is opening a discussion about the COVID-19 vaccines, as it states in the article that many Evangelical Christians would rather leave it “up to God”, or they simply say it’s a personal issue. The article also highlights that many Evangelicals feel comfortable with leaving everything to God as they aren’t afraid of death.

Contributor

mortenja

Religious organization, or house of worship

Southern Baptist

Genre

News articles and journalism about religious responses to COVID-19

Date

4-6-2021

This item was submitted on May 10, 2021 by [anonymous user] using the form “Help gather religious responses to the pandemic” on the site “Preaching Goes Viral”: https://pandemicreligion.org/s/preaching-goes-viral

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