The 4 Southern Baptists Presidential Candidates + BONUS

22 people have declared they're running for president in 2016. 17 Republicans and 5 Democrats. Of these 22 candidates, 4 of them are Southern Baptists. I'm a devoted Southern Baptists, so we need to get to know these 4 men.

Throughout our nation's history, there's been two Southern Baptist presidents: Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton. Warren Harding and Harry Truman were Northern Baptists. Most presidents have been Episcopalian.

Lindsey Graham

A Senator from South Carolina and is a member of Corinth Baptist Church in Seneca, South Carolina.

Mike Huckabee

The former governor of Arkansas and the former youngest-ever president of the Arkansas Baptist Convention. He attended Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. He's pastored two Southern Baptist Churches: Immanuel Baptist Church in Pine Bluff, Arkansas and Beech Street Baptist Church in Texarkana, Arkansas.

Rick Perry

The former governor of Texas grew up alternating between a Methodist and Southern Baptist church in Paint Creek, Texas. He now attends Lake Hills Church (Southern Baptist) in Austin, Texas. Last year, he was baptized by Lake Hills' pastor in Little Rocky Creek near Independence, Texas. It was the same creek Sam Houston, the Republic of Texas' president was baptized in in 1854.

Ted Cruz

The Senator from Texas is a member of First Baptist Church of Houston, Texas. His father, Rafael Cruz, is a Pentecostal pastor of Purifying Fire Ministries in Carrollton, Texas. Cruz launched his campaign at Liberty University.

Scott Walker

Scott Walker's father was an American Baptist pastor - now Walker is a member of Meadowbrook Church, a non-denominational church in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin - he serves as a deacon and usher. The Governor of Wisconsin left the American Baptist Convention when the church he was attending placed a homosexual rainbow flag on the church's sign.