Guiding the campaign is a coalition called the Evangelical Immigration Table , which includes the top pastors of more than two dozen evangelical denominations and at least 20 heads of Christian colleges and seminaries. No prominent pastor has spoken out against the immigration effort, although some pastors of the largest churches have remained silent. Accord has been less broad among the faithful.
In a poll released in March by the Public Religion Research Institute and the Brookings Institution, white evangelical Protestants were the least likely of the religious groups surveyed to support a path to citizenship for immigrants here illegally, with 56 percent of them favoring that approach. Among Hispanic Catholics, the group expressing the most support, 74 percent said they would allow those immigrants to become citizens.
Only 41 percent of white evangelicals who identify with the Tea Party supported a path to citizenship, according to the survey. But many pastors in largely white churches have been spurred to action on immigration by preachers in Hispanic and immigrant churches, who have seen rapid growth in their congregations and have ministered to many followers who spoke of living in fear because they lacked legal papers.
For the Rev. David Uth, the head pastor of First Baptist Orlando, there was no mistaking the evolution of his traditionally white congregation, as he discovered in recent years that immigrants speaking at least 32 different languages had flocked to his doors. Uth is one of the pastors going to Washington this week. His church offers ministry in seven foreign languages, with simultaneous translation of Sunday services in Spanish and Portuguese and a separate Brazilian service on Sunday evenings.
Uth said after his service last Sunday. Crenshaw said his views started to shift when his Colombian friend, a white-collar professional who had been living in Florida for years, asked for help after being arrested for driving without a license. Crenshaw said he realized that his friend, an active church member who was supporting his mother and a brother, could be deported. Crenshaw, who went with his friend to court, where the matter was resolved without drawing the attention of any immigration authorities.
Stewart Hall, 70, a member of First Baptist Orlando for more than three decades, said his views changed gradually, as he moved to sit in pews near the rear of the church where immigrants new to the congregation chose to pray. Hall said. Please be aware that, though James "Jay" S. Crenshaw's office is located at Orlando, FL, he or she might belong to the bar association of other states.
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