At that time, more than one-fifth of Arkansas voters were members of the Southern Baptist church.

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According to those who wrote it, supporters including eight U.S. Catholic cardinals, the Southern Baptist Convention, the Church of God in Christ, and the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America.

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Under his leadership, the church has become the fastest-growing one in America. (Saddleback is a Southern Baptist evangelical church, by the way.) Weekends bring in an average of 15, 000 worshippers.

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