Pulpit Initiative Pastor in His Own Words

Author: ADF Senior Legal Counsel Erik Stanley

Pastor Paul Blair recently spoke at an ADF event about his participation in ADF's Pulpit Initiative. We have posted video of his remarks on our website. Pastor Blair is pastor of Fairview Baptist Church in Edmond, Oklahoma, and was one of the 33 courageous pastors who stood boldly and spoke Biblical truth from his pulpit about the 2008 elections and the candidates running for office during that election. As Pastor Blair explained about his participation, he and other pastors around the country "all joined together and we stood in our pulpits and we opened the pages of Scripture and we preached about the issues that were at hand that would be affected by the elections of 2008." Pastor Blair then took a copy of his sermon and sent it to the IRS. He has not heard anything from the IRS yet but says he is unafraid because he knows ADF has his back.

Pastor Blair is also unafraid because he knows "we are right constitutionally and we are certainly right Biblically." Constitutionally speaking, the Johnson Amendment is unconstitutional. It was when it was passed and it is now. Read our white paper on why the Johnson Amendment unconstitutionally infringes the rights of pastors and churches.

In his remarks, Pastor Blair issued a call to America's pastors. He said, "We need another generation of God-fearing patriot pastors to stand up today if America is going to be saved." Will you be one of those pastors? Take the step, follow Pastor Blair and others like him and sign up for the Pulpit Initiative.

This post originally appeared here.