“While some people try and paint it as extraordinary, it’s not. It’s actually a very normal American thing – people who love our country and who love God and love other people to get engaged in the political process. I’m excited it’s happening. It should be a conversation that’s bubbling up around the country,” stated Lankford. www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/politics/2016
Calvary Chapel’s Rob McCoy took the plunge by running for City Council in Thousand Oaks, California. I’m in exile in my own state and my own nation and this is a directive that God gave me, praying for the peace of the city locally,” McCoy explained. McCoy joins more than 200 pastors who jumped into politics this year alone. A couple hundred others plan to join the ranks next year. They’re popping up all over the country from local school boards to Congress.
He believes the time for sitting on the sidelines is over. He points his congregation to the biblical story of Shammah whose job was to defend a small lentil bean patch against the Philistines. “You can change the city council. You can change the school board. You can make a difference right where you are. You can affect your schools; you can affect your sports teams. You have the ability to affect your Kiwanis, your rotary. Change your bean patch. Quit whining