The May 2010 question posed by the Lexington Herald-Leader to its FAITH BLOG members was:
It’s election time – the silly season is upon us!
How do you guide a congregation that presumably includes “red,” “blue,” and neither voters? If a candidate is a member of your congregation, does that change your conversation? Are you willing to share how you voted with your fellow congregants?
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My reply to this question was as follows:
I will answer these three questions in the order they appear in your e-mail:
#1 - How do you guide a congregation that presumably includes “red,” “blue,” and neither voters?
Pastors are to shepherd their flock by spiritual feeding. [1 Peter 5:1-2] Man’s problem is sin; it is not going to be remedied in the political realm, but thru repentance from sin and obedience to the commands of the Son of GOD.
#2- If a candidate is a member of your congregation, does that change your conversation?
Whether a member of the flock is a political candidate has no bearing on my conversation, why should it? 1 Peter 4:11; James 5:12
#3 - Are you willing to share how you voted with your fellow congregants? Yes
RDB
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