c5c6fea75a The Pew Forums overall mission is to deliver timely, impartial information on issues at the intersection of religion and public affairs. SenateU.S. I was on the platform, concentrating on staring at my shoes, praying that my lily-white, Republican deacon, who chauffeured me to the church, wouldnt stand up and say something. I've done this as a Sunday Night series. (Matthew 15:6-9, 17-20). It sends the wrong message that the main purpose for gathering on Sunday is to stir up the troops and get "our guy" elected. May the facilities of religious organizations be used for civic or political events? 26. Pulpit Freedom Sunday itself was similarly overwhelmingly Christian, with an emphasis on evangelicalism. What pastors say In a survey of 1,000 Protestant ministers, LifeWay Research, the polling arm of the Southern Baptist Convention, found that: - 87 percent believe pastors shouldn't endorse candidates from the pulpit - 44 percent have endorsed candidates, but only outside their church roles - 78 percent disagreed that this election has been "too religious" Source: LifeWay Research, May 2012.
Pew Research Center Pew Research Center CT has noted how ADF hopes to provoke the IRS into (ironically) punishing pastors in order to lead the federal government to review and overturn the law in question: the Johnson Amendment. Full coverage of Decision 2012 on NBC Politics. When are the political activities of clergy or other religious leaders attributed to their religious organizations? 13. Let no one keep defrauding you of your prize by delighting in self-abasement and the worship of the angels, taking his stand on visions he has seen, inflated without cause by his fleshly mind, and not holding fast to the head, from whom the entire body, being supplied and held together by the joints and ligaments, grows with a growth which is from God. This weekend will be the seventh Pulpit Freedom Sunday, coordinated by the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) to encourage pastors to break an existing law that prohibits registered nonprofit organizations from electioneering. Dr. Email Address Subscribe to the selected newsletters.
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