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92 % of the new 2015 U.S. Congress, House & Senate, are Christian - all Republicans in the new
U.S. Congress are Christians except one who is Jewish (but as a Jewish he knows The Bible)
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This report compiled, edited & written by Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D, N.D., D.D.
Founding Pastor of the Global Church of God - GCG
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Click: Founding Fathers of the United States
Jesus said "I will not say much more to you, for the prince of this world is coming. He has no hold over me" (John 14:30)
Click: John 14:30 - Bible Gateway
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A sea change is a significant and/or systemic transformation. The term is frequently used in business and IT (information technology)
Republicans now 2015 control both chambers of the U.S. Congress for the first time since the 109th Congress (2005-2006). Yet, despite the sea change (= significant systematic transformation) in party control, there is relatively little change in the overall religious makeup of Congress, according to a new study by the Pew Research Center. More than nine-in-ten members of the House and Senate are Christian, and about 57% are Protestant, roughly the same as in the 113th Congress. About three-in-ten members (31%) are Catholic, the same as in the previous Congress.
Faith on the Hill The Religious Composition of the 114th Congress
When the new, 114th Congress was sworn in on Jan. 6, 2015, Republicans will control both chambers of the legislative body for the first time since the 109th Congress (2005-2006). Yet, despite the sea change in party control, there is relatively little change in the overall religious makeup of Congress, according to a new study by the Pew Research Center. More than nine-in-ten members of the House and Senate (92%) are Christian, and about 57% are Protestant, roughly the same as in the 113th Congress (90% and 56%, respectively). About three-in-ten members (31%) are Catholic, the same as in the previous Congress.
Protestants and Catholics continue to make up a greater percentage of the members of Congress than of all U.S. adults. Pew Research surveys find that, as of 2013, 49% of American adults are Protestant, and 22% are Catholic.
As was the case in the 113th Congress, the biggest difference between Congress and the general public is in the share of those who say they are religiously unaffiliated. This group makes up 20% of the general public but just 0.2% of Congress. The only member of Congress who describes herself as religiously unaffiliated is Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz.
Many of the nation’s smaller religious groups are represented in roughly equal proportion to their numbers in the U.S. adult population. Buddhists, Muslims and Hindus combined represent roughly 2% of American adults and 1% of Congress. Jews continue to have greater representation in Congress (5%) than in the population as a whole (2%), but there are five fewer Jewish members in the 114th Congress than there were in the 113th, and 11 fewer than there were in the 112th Congress.
Click: Nancy Pelosi to name first Muslim lawmaker to House Intelligence Committee
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The new Congress includes a number of people who have had some form of religious occupation, including at least seven members who are ordained ministers. The number of ordained clergy in Congress has not fluctuated greatly in recent years.
Of the 301 Republicans in the new Congress, only one – freshman Rep. Lee Zeldin of New York’s 1st District – is not a Christian. Zeldin, who is Jewish, will have far less seniority than the one Jewish Republican to serve in the 113th Congress, former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., who was defeated in his district’s GOP primary.
Fully two-thirds of the Republicans in the 114th Congress (202 members, or 67%) are Protestant, about a quarter are Catholic (81, or 27%), and 5% are Mormon (14).
Democrats in the new Congress are somewhat more religiously diverse than Republicans, though not as diverse as the population as a whole. Of the 234 Democrats in the 114th Congress, 104 (44%) are Protestant, 83 (35%) are Catholic, 27 (12%) are Jewish, two (1%) are Mormon, two are Buddhist, two are Muslim, one is Hindu and one does not identify with a particular religion. (Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, and Sen. Bernard Sanders, I-Vt., both of whom caucus with the Democrats, are counted as Democrats for the purposes of this analysis.)
(The analysis was completed before Rep. Michael G. Grimm, R-N.Y., announced his intention to resign effective Jan. 5. Grimm is a Catholic; his absence has a minimal impact on the overall percentages and trends presented in this report.)
These are some of the findings from an analysis by the Pew Research Center of congressional data compiled primarily by CQ Roll Call. CQ Roll Call gathered information on the religious affiliations of members of Congress through questionnaires and follow-up phone calls to members’ and candidates’ offices, and the Pew Research Center supplemented this information with additional research. The analysis compares the religious affiliations of members of the new Congress with Pew Research Center survey data on the U.S. public.
Nonvoting delegates that represent U.S. territories and the District of Columbia are not counted in this analysis. They are: Aumua Amata, R-American Samoa; Madeleine Z. Bordallo, D-Guam; Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C.;
Pedro R. Pierluisi, D-Puerto Rico; Stacey Plaskett, D-Virgin Islands; and Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan, I-Northern Mariana Islands. All are Catholic except Norton (who is Episcopalian) and Plaskett (who is Lutheran).
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(1) Click: Sortable table shows members of Congress by religious affiliation
(2) At least seven members of Congress are Click: ordained ministers.
(3) Click: History of clergy in Congress
Sources:
(1) The Bible
(2) Pew Research
(3) GCG Research
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Comment by Global Church of God - GCG
- church for the modern world -
The First Online Worldwide Community Church with Biblical principles for all people
by Dr. Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D., D.D., Pastor
Our country, The United States, is based on the Christian, Biblical Principles - that's the statement by the historians.
The Bible was in the hands of our founding fathers.
The Bible, (two of them: (1) MLK's & (2) Pres. Lincoln's), was used in President Obama's inauguration ceremony. Mr.Obama states his religion is the Biblical Christian.
A huge question for all of us humans: How to have a mentally, physically, financially happy & successful life?
As the founder of Successology ® (Reg.US.Pat.Off.1991) - the new science for life success - I am honored, no matter what your background, homeless, a President or a King or anything between, to show light for finding a road to your worthy goals and getting them fulfilled.
Quotation "Anything your mind can conceive and believe you can achieve" Napoleon Hill
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Visit for further information GCG's website (web link below) & another affiliated, leading science & success website introduced there.
GCG is a for the modern world - our teaching for life success is always based on two elements:
(1) The Biblical Text and (2) the most updated modern human science. Based on the latest science facts GCG proves every statement we make in our teaching.
GCG's presence is needed in D.C. in W.H., in the U.S. Congress (House & Senate) to remind of our founding fathers' idea for our country. GCG is needed in D.C. to give reminders of ethics & reasonability in our choices as the nation's lawmakers.
GCG needs donations to widen its important work for your family's safer life and richer, healthier future.
GCG works nationwide in the U.S. and worldwide in any country.
Two ways to donate:
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Inside the envelope enclose your name & email address - GCG will email you a tax deductible confirmation receipt.
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100 % of the donations will be used for GCG's help operations to ease human suffering & to save human lives.
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Respectfully,
Christian von Christophers, Ph.D., N.D., D.D.
GCG - headquartered in New York City
with nationwide/worldwide Christian success ministry
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Global Curch of God - GCG is also in the process
of founding a new University
with its associate organization
Save The American Family - STAF, Inc., -no-for-profit- with nationwide & worldwide operations - the leading, new organization in its fields of activities.
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GCG'c purpose is to provide high-quality college/university education in the Biblical Ministry Sciences and develop a nationwide & worldwide ordained minister fellowship to promote the Biblical Truth and with it to reach a success road in our earthly life and finally in eternity.
STAF, Inc.'s plans is to give high-level college/university level education in public health sciences and in all other STAF, Inc.'s work related science areas - which means: practically all areas of a successful life.
A few examples of the goals the new GCG - STAF, Inc.'s University will have.
The mutual goal and this new University is to eliminate the modern killer-epidemics as overweight & obesity, widening smoking in developing countries & drug use worldwide and promote in a new manner nationwide & worldwide the importance of healthy lifestyle & correct nutrition in fighting disease and human suffering.
Also strengthening nationwide & worldwide family ties & traditional marriages to provide a safe, nurturing & healthy atmosphere for our children to grow up, belongs to GCG - STAF, Inc.'s and the partnership's new University's goals.
So do teaching and training every child to know how to grow financially successful through investments starting only with $50 dollars a month. The financial equality nationwide & worldwide can be substantially leveled for everyone's best in our nation and in every nation worldwide. These are some examples of the new University's goals. The goal is to teach the world to have a better quality of life.
It can only be done when we all start sharing the abundance in knowledge & riches. It can be done when everyone willing can get the knowledge how to build a successful life.
The results will be beneficial to the givers and to the receivers. We all share the same planet and its overall health or sickness will affect the rich & the poor, thus affecting us all.
In the new University all degree levels will be available: Associate, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
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Relating to donations,
here interesting information not so well publicly known:
Giving donations will affect the giver, you,
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The 3 statements next below are based on science studies (links given below)
(1) When you donate, YOUR self-efficacy will improve click: Self-efficacy
(2) When you donate, YOU get financially richer
(3) When you donate, YOUR physical & mental health gets better
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