Citizenship

Excerpt from Ed Stetzer post:  Politics, the Pulpit, and the IRS

As Christians, we are called to be citizens of the Kingdom and also live as citizens of the country where God has placed us. Part of being a "good citizen" is to care about where you are-- its economy, justice, morality, etc. We mostly do that in personal ways-- by being a "faithful presence."

However, through elections we get involved in government. And, when you are involved in government, that involves politics. Politics is often simply the machinery that moves government. If you want to influence government, you will (to some degree) be impacted by politics.

We have completed two surveys recently looking at pastors, people, and politics. The numbers are pretty clear: pastors and people do not think that pulpits are the right place for politics and they also feel that the IRS should not be using the threat of the loss of tax exemption to regulate those pulpits.

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