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Raised in a largely non-practising, evangelical household, Vance spent part of his adolescence drawn to a Pentecostal church, only to later abandon organised religion altogether.

Among the clergy who are planning to shelter immigrants is the Rev. Carlos Ramirez, who leads a majority-immigrant Pentecostal church in East Los Angeles.

Born in Conyers, an eastern suburb of Atlanta, his grandfather was a Pentecostal preacher with set views on the world, and family life was hard to navigate.

This is not a reference to the Jewish faith, but to the belief of some Pentecostal Christians that the return of Jews to Israel will lead to the Second Coming of Christ.

A joint statement by some Pentecostal and evangelical leaders hailed the bishops for their bravery and also for "doing the unthinkable" in rejecting Ruto’s money.