A newly released Lifeway report draws on interviews with 1,003 Protestant pastors conducted in September 2025.
A Lifeway report released October 13 found 93% of surveyed Protestant pastors did not plan to endorse political candidates during worship services.
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The timing matters: researchers interviewed 1,003 pastors in September 2025. This is a newly released report of earlier responses, not a fresh October 2026 poll. The reported margin of sampling error is ±3.3 percentage points.
The finding concerns pastors’ intentions. It does not settle the continuing legal debate over church endorsements.
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