Many Pastors today are concerned about losing their Non Profit status and shy away from getting involved in political discussion within church services. Our Founding Fathers believed in the separation of Church and State...meaning the State couldn't restrict the church NOT that the church couldn't get involved in the States activities.
So many of our founding documents are based on God's Word and to our detriment our country has been moving consistently away from those founding principles ....Today the results of this are seen all around us. Church Leaders should be in the forefront putting on the whole armor of God and leading the battle. It's time to get the values of God back into our government. Pastors please stand up for what is right or soon this will be a country that won't even allow your church to exist.
Show the movie we have created to your congregations in the coming weeks over and over again ...it is Nonpartisan and simply encourages people to vote. Close to 50 Million eligible Christians didn't vote in the last Presidential Election ....What if they had voted? We are God's voice on Earth ... If we don't vote God is silenced!
If you are concerned please research your legal rights at one of our recommended sites: Alliance Defending Freedom ... Their home page can be found at: http://www.adflegal.org/ Here is an excerpt from one of their pages:
" The Founding Fathers recognized that all people have inalienable rights that flow from the Creator. These rights are grounded in the unique, Judeo-Christian concept of man’s inherent dignity as a creature made in God’s image, endowed with reason, free will, and an eternal soul. The Founders understood that one of Government’s primary tasks is to preserve the freedom for each person to follow his own conscience, so they enshrined certain fundamental rights in our nation’s constitution to guarantee this freedom.
As secular forces chip away at our nation’s Judeo-Christian roots, religious freedom is increasingly threatened. Yet the First Amendment continues to reflect the Founders’ belief that “[t]he Religion...of every man must be left to the conviction and conscience of every man; and it is the right of every man to exercise [religion] as [conviction and conscience] dictate.”
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Alliance Defending Freedom defends religious freedom and opposes all attempts to compel people to compromise their beliefs or retreat from civil and political life as the price for following their faith."
Link to the "Political Activities Guidelines for Pastors and Churches" by Alliance Defending Freedom Here:http://www.adflegal.org/issues/religious-freedom/church/resources