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Here’s one —

http://availablelightonline.com/blog/2007/04/16/vote-him-champ-the-world-will-be-saved/

I am Phil Stacey’s father-in-law. Phil is a Top 7 finalist on American Idol. He is a devout Christian, family man, Navy vocalist, Christian songwriter, and a worship leader in his local church. We are asking all the Christian radio stations we can, to help air some of Phil’s music and encourage their listeners to support Phil. He has a great heart for God. Howard Stern, infamous “shock jock” has publicly vowed to use his program’s influence to get Phil off of American Idol. We need your help for Phil to continue to move up in the rankings, where he can have a great influence for the cause of Christ in the entertainment world. Hundreds of Christian stations began playing this high quality song of Phil’s last week, and encouraging viewers to support him on American Idol. More stations are joining in each day! I also have other Christian songs of Phil’s available for air play if you are interested in looking at them. Many of your listeners will truly enjoy hearing some of Phil’s Christian music on your stations. Thanks for your consideration and help!

Pastor Mark McIntosh
Evangelistic Center Church
Shawnee,Oklahoma

Here’s another

http://www.normantranscript.com/localnews/local_story_107002329

Idol contestant’s future on line tonight

The Norman Transcript

Transcript Staff Writer

Pastor Mark McIntosh needs as many people as possible to spend exactly two hours on the phone.

His hope is that with each person that agrees to “power vote,” his son-in-law will be safe from the bottom three and make it to the Top 6 on American Idol.

That’s right, McIntosh’s son-in-law Phil Stacey is an American Idol finalist.

A former resident of Norman, Phil Stacey first got national attention when he missed his daughter’s birth while he was auditioning for American Idol. Since then he has made it through the original audition, Hollywood and to the Top 12.

However, four out of the five weeks since making the Top 12, Phil has been in the bottom three, the group of contestants in danger of going home each Wednesday.

But that’s okay because Phil Stacey and his family are only concerned about one thing.

“Our goal is the Top 6,” McIntosh said. “That seems to be the premium group and I really believe he’s going to make it.”

A lot of little things are giving McIntosh this confidence. For one, the family recently heard that some of Phil’s music is making it to the radio.

“He’s produced several CDs of Christian music (in the past), and we found out one of his songs got out to quite a few Christian stations last week,” McIntosh said.

Another thing that makes McIntosh confident in Phil’s likelihood of making it to the Top 6 is how easy it is to produce the votes needed.

Since Phil has been on the show, his father-in-law has been trying to each week recruit 2,000 new people to help “power vote for Phil.” By power vote, McIntosh means setting aside the full two hours allowed to vote. For each person that does this approximately 500 to 600 votes are produced, he said.

For every 2,000 that equals 1 million votes for Phil Stacey.

McIntosh, who is the pastor of Evangelistic Center Church in Shawnee, already has a lot of people on board. He sends out weekly e-mails to those who have committed to be official power voters, asking them to forward the e-mail to their friends and family. Recently McIntosh was at Riverside Church in Norman, where he used to be on staff, and where Phil and his wife attended until 2003.

And McIntosh’s plug isn’t just for son-in-law, but also “an appeal to help us spread the gospel.” He said Phil has said he wants to help McIntosh in his ministry, “using his influence and prosperity to help me win hundreds of thousands more people to Christ.”

“Phil doesn’t have to win the competition to have a huge influence for Christ,” McIntosh said. “He just needs to be in the Top 6. Once there, he will gain enormous doors in the recording industry and ensure himself a major recording contract in the future.”

But even if you’re not a Christian, McIntosh has reasons for you to vote for Phil this week, and maybe the weeks after.

“Phil is a quality person with a heart of integrity; a family man with a beautiful wife (my daughter Kendra) and two children (Chloe and McKayla); ... and a patriotic American, currently serving as a vocalist for the United States Navy,” McIntosh wrote in the most recent of e-mails.

Let’s not forget that he is a good singer who has every one of his coaches on American Idol saying great things about him and his singing, McIntosh adds.

American Idol airs Tuesday nights at 7 p.m. on the FOX network. Today the theme is country, with Martina McBride mentoring the contestants.

Viewers have two full hours following the end of the show to vote for contestants. Immediately following each performance, a telephone number will appear to match the contestant. For your votes to go to Phil, one must call his specific number. Those with Cingular or AT—T can text message votes.

McIntosh has three important reminders and tips for those who are willing to “power vote” for his son-in-law:

All calls are free. Even though it is an 866 number, it works exactly like an 800 number.

Vote repeatedly for the whole two hours. “Use the redial on your phone to call more quickly after each call,” McIntosh said.

Hang up once you hear the automated voice thanking you for voting.”You can get in twice as many calls if you hang up and redial once you hear the guy come on,” he said.

McIntosh also suggests that people use both their cell phones and land lines. “I’ve had one person at my church get in about 800 votes last week,” he said; every vote you send it counts.

“Phil was in the bottom two last week,” McIntosh said. “... which means his ‘head is on the chopping block’ this week. So he really needs our help.”

Last year, Idol contestant Bucky Covington missed making the Top 7 by only 80 votes. McIntosh doesn’t want something like that to happen to Phil, who is just one week away from being in the Top 6.

“We just need people to step up and vote,” he said. “We’re real proud of Phil and we’re asking for Norman’s help.”