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The WallBuilders Show

Faith, Votes, And The Pulpit

The WallBuilders Show

Tim Barton, David Barton & Rick Green

Wallbuilders Show, Education, Constitutional, Church, Christianity, History, Conservative, America, Family, Christian, Biblical, Religion & Spirituality, Wallbuilders.show, Government, News, Politics

4.82.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

The headlines from Virginia and New Jersey aren’t the whole story. What’s happening inside America’s churches is shaping the way people think, vote, and live far more than a single election night. We sit down with David Closson of Family Research Council to unpack new nationwide research on regular churchgoers—folks in the pews weekly—and the picture is both sobering and hopeful. On the hopeful side, the data show an unmistakable hunger for worldview training. Large majorities want clear, Bi...

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0:00.0

Welcome to the intersection of faith and culture.

0:08.9

It's The Wall Builders show taking all the hot topics of the day from a biblical, historical, and constitutional perspective.

0:14.6

And no, you do not hear depression in my voice.

0:17.5

And yes, there's still a happy warrior joy in my voice, despite the election results

0:22.3

last night in Virginia and New Jersey. Rick Green here with David Barden and Tim Barton. And as

0:27.0

always, guys, we're just doing our duty, leaving the results up to God, staying in the fight.

0:32.0

We expected a lot of what happened last night and had the chance to do some election coverage

0:36.2

together last night. But quick recap on the election results from last night and had the chance to do some election coverage together last night.

0:37.8

But quick recap on the election results from last night, gentlemen.

0:42.4

Well, essentially, Democrats showed up and voted in Democrat areas.

0:47.6

And largely, the elections were primarily.

0:52.4

Of course, the big ones, New Jersey, Virginia, New York City. These were

0:58.3

largely Democrat states, Democrat areas. So it's not surprising. Democrats kind of pulled it out.

1:03.8

There was a lot of questions about, you know, what Christians might do and might show up.

1:08.2

And actually, I'm super excited to get to the interview we have coming up

1:11.3

with David, not David Barton, who's also with us, but David from Family Research Council,

1:15.8

who does a lot of work with George Barn. It does a lot of research and looking at some of what's

1:21.3

happening inside of the church. And specifically, people that are frequent church attenders,

1:26.6

what they do and don't believe, and

1:28.3

oftentimes what their pastors have and have not been teaching. And I think, Dad, I think we saw a lot of

1:33.6

that when you look at places like Virginia, which is genuinely considered a well-churched area.

1:40.2

And yet for them to vote for some of the candidates they voted for, I think it's probably pretty telling of maybe the way they've compartmentalized their faith and maybe what their worldview is or isn't in some cases.

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