'Indy Timeline' of Upcoming Events Indiana Pastor to take part in... 'Pulpit Freedom Sunday'
[by Robert King, Indianapolis Star...]The Rev. Ron Johnson Jr. plans to go before his congregation today in Northwest Indiana and tell worshippers that if they call themselves Christians, there is one major-party presidential candidate who shouldn't get their vote.
Johnson is one of 30 pastors in 22 states who intend to blatantly cross a line that exempts churches from federal income taxes as long as they don't endorse or oppose specific candidates or engage in otherwise partisan political activity.
For years, churches and other tax-exempt ministries have danced around the line.
A few have gone as far as making endorsements from the pulpit. More common is the practice of giving a hero's welcome to favored candidates visiting the church while offering only an obligatory acknowledgement to others. Some have used their pulpits and broadcast perches to decry leaders with opposing views on important issues.
Then there is today's "Pulpit Freedom Sunday," an action by pastors with the conservative Alliance Defense Fund. The event is a move by the pastors to either endorse candidates whose stances line up with their biblical worldview or to warn people away from candidates who don't.
The watchdog in such cases is the Internal Revenue Service, on the alert for...
[continued at IndyStar.com]
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I, as a Christian and firm believer in every bit of the written word of Christ Jesus am appalled at Rev Johnson & the AZ Alliance Defense Fund's efforts to interfer in this political campaign. To try and USE the Living God himself, who's knowledge is more than we can ever comprehend is a disgrace. May the Lord forgive you all, for you know not what you do.
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