I Cogitate

Overview

Today, there is intense spiritual warfare for the heart, soul and direction of America...

...The Stewardship of our Citizenship is crucial to this hour. The Sacred Trust of Freedom has been purchased with a purpose. From America’s beginning, the Mayflower Compact openly declares that our forefathers were birthing this nation for "the advancement of the Christian faith." All 50 of our state constitutions acknowledge and give honor to the Lord.  The declaration of Independence declares that we are "endowed by our Creator, with certain inalienable rights."  With only 5% of the world's population, God has blessed the United States with nearly 40% of the world's wealth.  Now more than ever, we are convinced that God has blessed this nation with resources to share the light of God's Word with a world lost in darkness. America has had a mission to share a living Savior with a dying world.

During the past 50 years, that mission has come unde heavy spiritual warfare. Recently, the birth pains have increased in frequency and intensity. The forces of hell understand Biblical prophecy better than most people sitting in the pews on Sunday morning. The intensity of the warfare for the heart and soul of America is escalating:

• Teaching creation in our public schools has become a federal lawsuit.
• Biblical definitions of marriage are being tragically altered by some judges who think they are smarter than God and begin to legislate secular dogma from the bench.
• American universities have become the arteries of spiritual toxic waste.
• “Homosexual marriages” are being paraded in 50 states
• In some cities, abortions nearly outnumber births
• HIV and sexually transmitted diseases will kill more Americans than every war this country has ever fought.
• Secularists have hijacked our culture--one year at a time.
• Denominational bigotry, division within the Body of Christ, and apostasy have weakened the voice of Biblical reason.
• Around the globe, ministers of the Gospel are being threatened with “hate crimes” legislation.

Objective

1. Create, fund and operate a public information program for pastors and the Christian community with these goals:

Bring to the forefront issues that are relevant to the Christian community and provide candidates a forum to specifically address these issues that dramatically impact the family including such matters as: Marriage, Right to Life, Educational Choice, Taxes, Employment, and other Value Voters Issues

2. Provide Information, Inspiration and Mobilization of pastors. We need "Patriot Pastors" to appreciate the stewardship of our citizenship and understand the window of opportunity that God is providing. Patriot Pastors wil; pray, inform and equip the Christian community to be engaged in the 2006 elections.

Each Patriot Pastor will seek God's wisdom as they:

• Provide our Ohio pro-family forums with 100 Intercessors who will join in an Ohio network of E-Prayer to pray at a moment's notice. These “Minutemen of Prayer” will enable 100,000 faithful to intercede at a moment's notice via e-mail.
• Provide our Ohio pro-family forums with the addresses of 200 Volunteers. These faithful citizens will be equipped to make a difference in their congressional district.
• Register at least 300 New Voters able to shine a light for Godly candidates in the 2006 election cycle.

3. To see 2,000 Ohio Patriot Pastors who understand the sacred trust of this moment in history and who are mobilized to make a difference by the close of the 2006 election cycle...

The Plan

...Host nonpartisan voter registration drives in their churches. Patriot Pastors will work toward registering 300 new voters by April 2006. These can be solicited in nonpartisan registration drives in a variety of ways. There are 88 counties with more than 7,000 churches. If we could see 00,000 new registered voters involved in the process, this would be a serious step towards the “Stewardship of our Citizenship.”

Include Voter Guides and inserts provided from Christian Coalition, American Family Association, and Center For Moral Clarity. Informed voters appreciate these tools in discovering where candidates stand on the issues. These Voter Guides are great tools to help engage their communities with conviction and confidence. These guides help clarify the positions of various candidates who, at times, would like to remain vague and noncommit...

...When the 2005-2006 cycle has been completed, our goal will be to have accomplished:

• 2,000+ Ohio Pastors participating in seven key city Pastor Briefings (March – September)
• Christian Minutemen mailing list enlarged to 300,000 and 100,000 e-mails.
• 2,000+ Ohio Ministers become Patriot Pastors and attend major gathering in fall of 2005
• 30,000+ Christians sharing in a OHIO for JESUS Rally in early 2006.
• 4 Million Voter Guides distributed in the fall of 2005 for first the May Primaries in 2006 and then for November 2006.
• Video production and distribution of Patriot Pastors Briefing for 7,497 Ohio Pastors.

• war and peace (ask any family who has lost a loved one in Iraq about the impact)

• passage of the recent bankruptcy bill that favors financial institutions (ask any family enduring a major medical illness)

• lack of health care for half a million Americans (ask any family uninsured)
  

• good-paying blue collar jobs being exported due to trade agreements (ask any steelworker now working at 7-11)
  

• an unjust tax structure.(ask the under-employed and those working three jobs about the benefits of S-corporations)
  

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