Mr. Carter said his spiritual rebirth was an “evolutionary thing” rather than “a flash of light or a sudden vision of God ...

Devoutness wasn't always an important feature in a presidential candidate. That all changed after Carter professed his “born ...

Carter declared that he was no longer a Southern Baptist and threw his support behind a competing movement of moderates.

When Jimmy Carter began attending the First Baptist Church in Washington after becoming president ... When Carter announced ...

When Jimmy Carter began attending the First Baptist Church in Washington after becoming president ... When Carter announced ...

When Carter announced during the 1976 presidential campaign that he was a born-again Christian ... Carter's announcement and faithful church attendance attracted many newly energized evangelical ...

Carter talked openly and often in the 1976 campaign about his evangelical “born again” faith, ignoring those who advised him to downplay his beliefs.

As a candidate in 1976, Carter described himself as a “born-again Christian.” Based on the New Testament ... U.S.

Jimmy Carter was the first evangelical Christian to occupy the Oval Office. But the Baptist Sunday school teacher's ...

Evangelicals are loosely defined as Christians who often share a “born-again” dramatic personal ... expel one of its largest and most prominent churches because it installed a woman as pastor.

Jimmy Carter was one of the most explicitly religious presidents, but his rise in politics came during a transformative era ...

Maranatha Baptist Church deacon Zac Steele saw it up ... That, plus his unabashed embrace of the label, “born-again Christian,” helped him win primary elections in states with large ...