 | | Welcome to the Family Beacon, your source for news and commentary on life, family, and religious freedom in Minnesota and beyond! This week: If this message was forwarded to you, sign up here to get pro-life, pro-family news every week. | | | | Podcast: Minnesota Republicans Pick their Candidates - S2 E7 | |  | Tune in to hear Grace and Moses unpack the 2022 Minnesota GOP Convention! We discuss which candidates were endorsed, allegations made against Kim Crockett, and Governor Walz fundraising off of the oppression of women and children. Do your hosts think the explicitly pro-life Jensen-Birk ticket has a good chance of defeating Governor Walz’s administration? Listen in and find out! Get the facts, stand for truth. CORRECTION: This episode does not correctly identify Attorney General candidate Jim Schultz's first name. We regret the error. Get the podcast: | | | | | | | | Blog: What Happened at the GOP Convention | |  | By Luke Mueller On Saturday, Dr. Scott Jensen won the gubernatorial endorsement of the Minnesota GOP at the end of a drama-filled convention. This victory came after nine rounds of voting, which gradually eliminated candidates. The convention, which was held in Rochester, also saw the endorsement of underdog Jim Schultz for Attorney General, Ryan Wilson for State Auditor, and Kim Crockett for Secretary of State. On Friday, as the state GOP convention began, delegates from across Minnesota brought up the issues that most concerned them in this election. According to the Rochester Post Bulletin, the main issues for delegates were election integrity, border security, and freedom. Debbie Siefert, a delegate from Olmsted County, made known her concerns over voting rights and indoctrination in schools. Looking toward the future, Ms. Siefert hopes to “have a lot of young people wake up and get involved and really come back and fight for America.” These issues would become key talking points for candidates as they sought to gain GOP endorsement. Five GOP gubernatorial candidates entered the convention hoping to be endorsed: Scott Jensen, Kendall Qualls, Mike Murphy, Neil Shah, and Paul Gazelka. Each of the candidates pledged to end their campaigns if they were not endorsed. Rich Stanek, who temporarily exited the campaign trail due to a car accident in Buffalo, skipped the convention and may instead participate in the August primary. | | | | | | | | What It Takes: Our Annual Dinner with Kayleigh McEnany (June 17th) | |  | Join us on June 17th in Bloomington for our 2022 Annual Dinner. We’re looking forward to an exciting and inspiring evening focused on WHAT IT TAKES to transform our state by leveraging our biblical citizenship. We’re thrilled to welcome KAYLEIGH MCENANY as our keynote speaker, to share with us about faithfully fighting for life, family, and religious freedom at the highest levels of politics and beyond! Registration is open and time is limited, so get your tickets now! Contact Cheryl at 612.789.8811 x 202 or [email protected] with any questions about tickets, sponsorship, or our ministry partners program. | | | | | | | | Sign Your Teen Up for Our Leadership Camp (July 24-29) | |  | | At LEAD, we’re equipping students to become faithful leaders whose lives are shaped by the gospel. One of the ways we do that is by giving them the opportunity to learn from men and women who are living out what they believe, even in the face of opposition.
In a three-year legal battle, Carl and Angel Larsen successfully challenged a Minnesota law that would have forced them to use their business to communicate messages that go against their Biblical beliefs. We’re thrilled that this year’s LEAD students get to hear from two people who have shown courageous leadership in the face of opposition and whose lives are permitted by love for the Lord!
There's still time to register for LEAD 2022 at www.leadminnesota.org/register
Who: Highschool students ages 13–19
What: A hands-on leadership and worldview camp which equips the next generation of Christian leaders to engage the culture.
When: July 24-29, 2022
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