Resources for pastors and values voters. Fighting For Faith, Family & Freedom Sunday, October 23, 2022 To: Friends & Supporters From: Gary Bauer Friends, the challenges we face are enormous. To defend our values, we are partnering with various allies, including Lindsey Communications, The Lindsey Foundation, Faith Wins and the Pacific Justice Institute to empower the resurgence of the Church vote. Below is their latest alert. Please share the resources included here with your church leaders and fellow worshippers. – Gary The Church Finds Its Voice A Coalition of Lindsey Communications, The Lindsey Foundation, Faith Wins and the Pacific Justice Institute to Empower the Resurgence of the Church Vote! Comm 32: It’s Happening Now! The Awakening of America is Underway…Here’s How We Think We Know Well, where have we been!? The four of us in our Church Finds Its Voice coalition have been purposefully waiting to tell you fully what we have been seeing and hearing lately. It’s incredible. All over the country, churches are back open, believers are back together, they’re engaging in government, and the wise voice of the Church in America is being lifted, and heard, once again. As it should. Good morning, treasured pastors, this is Joan greeting you with joy at what God is doing. All over the country last year, we were repeatedly asked if we thought there was a revival coming. We were just asked so often, really constantly. It was a theme. The yearning for it was really clear. David Barton, our country’s premiere historian, has said we never know we’re in a revival until it’s over, then we know. I think we’re probably in it and it’s actually happening now! Let us tell you how we think we know. Coalition member Chad Connelly will tell it best, because he’s the one of us that right now is on the road with David Barton, and these guys are telling us about the immense energy for God that is on the rise in America. He could have told a hundred stories, but just listen to this: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From Chad: We literally have a front row seat to an American Awakening! We’re rounding third and heading for home in the most consequential and strategic American Restoration Tour yet. We have some 20 or so meetings with The Church Finds its Voice and David Barton remaining in 8 states between now and Election Day. All told, we’ll end up conducting over 130+ signature events in 24 states between February and November 8th, 2022. We have now had over 25,000 pastors; faith leaders and activists hear our message in the past 12 months alone. Our Faith Wins team is doing all we can to make sure that the Christian vote is maximized, and the impact felt all over America. We are confident that informing people sitting in the pews about God’s irreplaceable role in America is fundamental to taking our nation back from an obvious attempt by godless, anti-American efforts to undermine the very fabric of our nation. From rampant and unchecked crime, out of control illegal immigration bringing drugs and human trafficking to our nation, a chaotic international situation, rising gas prices and inflation that is choking the life out of everyday Americans, to extremist abortion activists damaging Crisis Pregnancy Centers across the nation – Christians KNOW and FEEL the threats to our national identity and success. David Barton’s teaching on the truth of God’s role in America gives them the background facts they need to stand up for truth in the public arena. I have LOVED watching the “Aha!” moments in our meetings. I could tell you stories all day I believe but these may sum them up fairly well. I enjoyed talking to the host Wisconsin pastor who told me when we arrived a few weeks ago at his 1000+person church, “Chad, I let you guys use the church because your pastor here asked me, but I’m skeptical.” I replied to him, “What are you skeptical about?” He told me that he was skeptical about doing politics, and I told him that we weren’t asking him to be political, just Biblical. He told us he couldn’t stay for the entire meeting, but as I watched, he listened to my talk and even stayed for David Barton’s full presentation. After the meeting, he told me, “Chad, we want to be ground zero for everything you’re doing in Wisconsin!” I could tell you about meetings in the inner cities of Baltimore and Philadelphia with African American pastors and others hearing most of David’s information for the very first time and recognizing that instead of believing the negatives about America, they can now confidently encourage people to LEARN about our nation’s true history and be proud of it! I could tell you about hosting these events in 22 different denominations in the various states or about last week’s meetings in Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana and Michigan that were just spectacular, but mostly, I want to let y’all know that God is moving. Our team proved in Virginia last year that pastors are THE best path to motivate their folks to vote Biblical values. My old political buddies in DC mocked me for even spending time in the state. Our pastors in Virginia were on the ground working in churches in late January 2021. Those pastors found 312 churches who registered 77k new evangelical voters and a guy named Youngkin won by some 65k votes. I don’t know if we made any difference or not since we don’t tell people how to vote, but we do tell them to vote for the candidates that most closely align with their Biblical worldview. I was amused as I watched some of the same people who told me that Virginia wasn’t winnable almost hurting themselves to get to a TV camera after the election to tell how they did it—some of them even told some of our actual stories to make their points. No one on our team cares about taking the credit, we care about taking the nation back. We are working to duplicate Virginia in every state we visit. One other thing we’re doing—and we stumbled into this in Virginia. Our team created a QR code to find folks in our churches who are concerned about election integrity. Christians want every eligible person in America to vote, but we also should want to make it easy to vote, but hard to cheat. There is no doubt that people are worried about our nation’s voting integrity. Our team isn’t training poll workers or watchers in any state, but we are reminding Christians of 2 Timothy 2:5, “And if someone likewise competes as an athlete, he is not crowned as victor unless he competes according to the rules.” We believe that one faithful thing we can do is help ensure trusted elections, so our team has now recruited well over 1,000 congregants from churches across America to be poll watchers. We are convinced that God is moving and we’re working to do our part. We know we can’t do it all, but we are committed to spreading the message of Christian involvement at every level in our nation so that we can fulfill our Matthew 5 Salt and Light obligations as Jesus instructed. Please go to our www.faithwins.org site to see where we’ll be next and get updates! God Bless you! -Chad ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Don’t forget that Coalition member Brad Dacus’ organization, the Pacific Justice Institute, operates as a non-profit 501(c)(3) legal defense organization specializing in the defense of religious freedom, parental rights, and other civil liberties. Pacific Justice Institute works diligently, without charge, to provide its clients with all the legal support they need. Here is the link to the Pacific Justice Institute’s website: www.pji.org They are there for you! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joan here again, with Kielle… You are important, you are prayed for, you are God-led to restore this country. You are leading the way but we want you to know that patriots in other arenas fight alongside you. For example, so many in our glorious military who keep freedom safe, are passionate to restore our full freedom. We’ve lost a good bit, and it is enemies from within who have taken it. We asked one of our country’s leading military patriots to tell you his story here because it is incredibly moving, and will unfold for you just how God has raised up patriots alongside you. Lieutenant Colonel Tommy Waller is a civilian now and leading the Center for Security Policy in Washington, D.C. But why is he there and not in the military? Prepare to be shocked! Now, here's Tommy: On my 18th birthday, I swore into the United States Marine Corps and took an oath to defend our Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic – answering a calling I felt was from God to be a protector of the American people and the God-given principles established by our nation’s founders, a call best described in Ezekiel chapter 33, in the prophet’s description of the “watchman on the wall.” Throughout more than two decades of service in both the ranks of active duty and the reserves, I conducted multiple combat tours overseas in places ranging from Afghanistan to Iraq to Africa. I took with me an American flag, which I kept folded in my rucksack and which I only unfolded in combat zones. More importantly, I took with me my faith in Jesus Christ and the tenets of Christian doctrine – tools that I did my best to apply to difficult situations where we had to execute justice against evil men while doing all we could to maintain the moral high ground and show compassion to the innocent at every opportunity. My special flag accompanied me through these difficult times and was thus unfolded on the tops of mountains in Afghanistan, over the rubble remains of Saddam Hussein’s palaces, and over the city of Al Fallujah on September 11th 2005 in Iraq. On September 11th and 12th, 2012, in the wake of the deadly attack on our U.S. consulate in Benghazi, I was in Africa, south of Libya and I thought for sure this flag would be unfolded again. We never got the call to support and thus it stayed folded in my rucksack. Warriors willing to serve and answer the call were told to “stand down” and America was told lies about the nature of that deadly terrorist attack and those who perpetrated it. I lost faith in leaders in government but didn’t lose my faith in God. Today I still feel the same calling to serve but have, again, been told to “stand down.” This time it’s over my unwillingness to violate the tenets of my Catholic faith and my conscience. I deeply analyzed the global response to the COVID pandemic, the suppression of truth about the effectiveness of early treatments, the various information narratives surrounding the development and safety of the COVID vaccines, the nexus of the vaccine development with the abortion industry, and the laws surrounding the government’s ability to compel service members to take emergency-use-authorized vaccines. This thorough analysis led me to the conclusion that it was morally wrong for me to submit to the mandate and to force my subordinates to do the same. For this I have been denied the opportunity to continue serving. Unfortunately, my story is only one of tens of thousands around the nation – stories of doctors, airline pilots, and other professionals being told to “stand down” – including being fired from their jobs for refusing to submit to a mandate that violates their conscience. This is a frightening prospect for people of faith nationwide and one that must be addressed from the pulpit. Our pastors are our nation’s most important “watchmen on the wall” and thus have a duty to sound the alarm when our rights are threatened. Therefore, now is the time for leaders of faith to reflect carefully on the government response to the COVID pandemic – globally, nationally, and locally – and consider the erosion of personal freedom that took place during that time. Pastors were told to “stand down” – to cancel worship services, to compel churchgoers to wear masks which have been proven ineffective, and in some cases even require vaccination for those wishing to attend services. Throughout all this, I recognized that the fight for freedom is no longer just “over there” – but is here at home. Thus, I have begun to unfold my special flag on occasions where I am involved in that fight for freedom – such as in Louisiana, where our efforts helped push back against a government-imposed requirement to inoculate children with the COVID vaccines for their attendance at school and daycare. Ultimately, it is our pastors that must be at the forefront of reminding Americans that our rights come from God, not from government, and that we must never again confuse the two. During our nation’s struggle for independence, our pastors were at the forefront – teaching truth and patriotism and actively participating in the defense against tyranny, earning the title “The Black Robed Regiment” from the British tyrants. We must assume that today’s tyrants have learned much from the recent pandemic and intend to leverage that experience in the future. When they do, our pastors must NOT stand down. Tommy Waller is a Lieutenant Colonel in the Marine Corps Reserves, where he recently commanded the Corps’ only independent Force Reconnaissance Company. While he awaits a determination on his request for a religious exemption, he continues to live out his oath by serving as Executive President of the non-profit Center for Security Policy, actively sounding the alarm about threats to our freedom, both foreign and domestic. [For pastors who are interested, Tommy and his colleagues at the Center can providebriefings for leaders and law enforcement on these various threats.] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Sermon Showcase: A Recommendation of America’s Best Historical Sermons for Your Consideration This Month.” This new resource is the addition of remarkable, historical sermons that Wallbuilders hosts on their website. Each month, we’ll be showcasing 4 sermons from the Wallbuilders archives that are historically significant and also relevant to current political and cultural events. Here is October’s Sermon Showcase: Jonathan Mayhew, A Discourse On Rev. XV. 3d, 4th Occasioned by the Earthquakes in November 1755 John Mitchell Mason, Living Faith: A Sermon Preached Before the Society for the Relief of the Destitute Sick (1801) Charles Lowell, A Sermon Preached at the State Prison in Massachusetts (1812) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Now where was that again? How to Hold a Voter Registration Drive Voter Registration Resources by State Ballot Gathering Training Video & Ballot Gathering Procedures Church Dos and Don’ts Five Ways Pastors Can Encourage Their Members To Vote Find My State or Local Elections Office Website Pro-bono Law Firm Contact List ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We stand with you and are praying for you! -Joan, Brad, Chad and Kielle Your Church Finds Its Voice Leadership *Please share and forward on to your networks! 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