The Christian Right Loses Power

An ABC News article “Religious Conservatives Brace for Future Under Obama”(1) by Dan Harris that discuses the lose of political power. It seems that Albert Mohler, head of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, is concerned about the lose of political power in Washington. This may be a good thing. Maybe this will help the Southern Baptist refocus on the mission of the church which is reaching men and not gaining power. If they would consider that baptism have been dropped to the 1987 levels and that the denomination is losing members, they would realize that the church is failing at its mandate. This would seem to indicate that the shepherds have taken poor care of the flock and have preferred power over their mission.

I would also like to ask a question. If the 2004 was a moral mandate with the election of Bush, how do you classify this election? As Christians, we claim that God is in control and guides the activities men. I wonder if the 2004 election was more man made then divine considering the mess that we are in now.

The church has created a false ministry and it is political activism. It is a way to get the membership involved and yet it adds little to no value to the Kingdom. I call this false ministry salve for the soul. I find it interesting that you can get crowds together to rally against something but, your lucky to get a couple people to show up to share the good news. Don’t you see a problem with this? What’s happening is that the church is failing to reach the hearts and minds of men. So, the tactic is to make church dogma law but this also requires that they tread on the rights of the non-believers of the nation. All done under the premise that the will of the people is being done. However, once the rights start being trampled, where will it end?

One more comment. I think that it is poor stewardship to base my decisions on one political plank within a party. Some how ignoring cooperate greed and abuses does not seem right. Am I to allow the person to ruin the country and risk our freedoms on this one issue? I think somebody needs to see the light.

(1) "http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=6199251&page=1"