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‘Not A Time To Back Away’: Ministry Leaders Urge Christians To Get More Involved After Disappointing Midterm Results

Following disappointing midterm results, ministry leaders urge Christians not to back away. Learn why Tony Perkins and Franklin Graham are calling believers to stand firm on biblical values, increase cultural involvement, and focus on lasting generational impact.

November 6, 2026
2 min read

(Harbinger's Daily) As believers woke up this morning to the sweeping blue wave of the 2026 midterm results—two states enshrined abortion access in their constitutions, a first Muslim U.S. senator incorporated Arabic phrases of praise into his victory address, and a seminary graduate who affirms LGBT ideology, supports abortion and rejects the exclusivity of Christ for salvation won a Texas Senate seat—they are left wondering: What now? Where’s the hope?

Even experts who have spent years on the front lines of the culture’s most pressing battles found the scale of the Nov. 3 results surprising. Not because a leftward shift was unthinkable, but because its depth exceeded anything seen in roughly two decades.

Yet as disappointing as many of the results were, Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, told Decision: we still live in a country that extends unparalleled freedom—freedom that can be used by Christians “for the advancement of the Kingdom and for the influence of this world and this country in which we live.”

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