“By the blessing of the upright a city is exalted, but by the mouth of the wicked it is overthrown.” Proverbs 11:11
Should the church have a significant role in selecting our Governmental leaders ? If so, how ?
If you’ve followed our work over the years, you’ll know Alaska Family Council exists in large part because we firmly believe the Body of Christ should have influence in all areas of life…including the arena of civics, politics and yes, elections.
And yet we keep hearing the same mantra – the Church is no better, if not worse, than the general public in getting to the polls. Can we change this reality ?
I’m grateful to join the Leadership Institute next Tuesday, August 11th at 5pm at Kings Alaska in Wasilla for a seminar on the Significance of the Church Vote and how we can have an expanded, more influential role in who is elected this November.
I’ll be presenting on the Church’s historic and current role in Alaska’s public square and am honored to be joined by Alaska State Senator Cathy Tilton from Wasilla and Lani Kaaa, Hawaii Director of the Leadership Institute.
Senator Tilton will be addressing current legislation impacting churches, families, and communities while Lani will provide practical, legal, and ethical ways to encourage informed voter participation and strengthen civic engagement within the Body of Christ.
This workshop is FREE to attend and includes dinner, refreshments, and all training materials. CLICK HERE to register and share this with family and friends.
As an interesting and relevant aside, as Dr Wayne Grudem points out in his seminal book Politics According to the Bible, Christians have influenced governments positively throughout history. To be specific, but by no means exhaustive, the spread of Christianity and Christian influence on government was primarily responsible for:
Outlawing infanticide, child abandonment, and abortion in the Roman Empire (in AD 374)
Outlawing the gladiatorial contests (in 404)
Outlawing the branding of criminal’s faces (in 315)
Instituting prison reforms (in 361)
Stopping human sacrifice among the Irish, Prussians, Lithuanians, and Aztec and Mayan Indians
Outlawing pedophilia
Granting property rights and other protections to women
Banning polygamy
Prohibiting the burning alive of widows in India (in 1829)
Outlawing the binding of young women’s feet in China (in 1912)
Initiating public schools in Germany (in the 16th century)
Advocating compulsory education of all children in many European countries
Opposing and often abolishing slavery in the Roman Empire, Ireland, most of Europe, and the US (more than 2/3 of the abolitionists in the US in the mid-1830’s were Christian clergymen)
The formulation of the Magna Carta (1215)
The formulation of The Declaration of Independence (1776) and the Constitution of the United States (1787)
The American civil rights movement that resulted in the outlawing of racial segregation and discrimination was led by Martin Luther King Jr., a Baptist pastor, and supported by many Christian churches and groups.
Christians throughout history have formed the backbone of the pro-life movement which ultimately led to the overturning of Roe v Wade in the Dobbs decision. (2022)