I say take their sacred cows and beat the stuffing out of em
Posted on 11/29/2006 5:48:10 AM PST by TitansAFC
The president-elect of the Christian Coalition of America has declined the job, saying the organization wouldn't let him expand its agenda beyond opposing abortion and gay marriage.
The Rev. Joel Hunter, who was scheduled to take over the socially conservative group in January from Roberta Combs, said he had hoped to focus on issues such as poverty and the environment.
"These are issues that Jesus would want us to care about," said Hunter, a senior pastor at Northland Church in Longwood, Fla.
Hunter announced his decision not to take the job during an organization board meeting Nov. 21. A statement issued by the group said Hunter left because of "differences in philosophy and vision." Hunter said he was not asked to leave.
"They pretty much said, 'These issues are fine, but they're not our issues, that's not our base,'" Hunter said.
His resignation is the latest setback for the once-powerful group.
The Christian Coalition, founded in 1989 by religious broadcaster Pat Robertson, became one of the nation's most powerful conservative groups during the 1990s, but it has faced complaints in recent years about its finances, leadership and plans to veer into nontraditional policy areas. The group claims more than 2 million members.
What the hell is going on that every Christian organization is getting infiltrated by environmentalists?!?!?
I mean, seriously. Every organization now is getting guys who want to make the environment a big issue.
And yet this is considered a "setback" that they won't have a new leader who wants to veer into nontraditional policy areas?
The Environment?????
How is this a setback? Seems to me it's a needed corrective.
That's what liberals do. They infiltrate. Who was it that said that any organization that is not firmly conservative will drift leftward over time. Seems to me like the CC came through this time.
It's been my feeling for some time that there is a concerted "vast left wing conspiracy" to infiltrate every institution in this country. This articles is proof to me. We, as conservatives, need to fight fire with fire - we need to infiltrate their sacred cows the same way. You divide, destroy & conquer from within.
I wouldn't perceive losing someone who morally equivocates "global warming" with abortion on demand- to be a "setback" for the organization.
I didn't even think the Christian Coalition was active any longer. I didn't see any effort in 2006 to get out the Christian vote. In 2002 and 2004 they did an excellent job.
The 'environment' is merely the latest form of idolatry plaguing the church. Worshipping the creation instead of the Creator.
You do that, Joel, by expanding economic freedom. Real simple.
they have saturated the government and education job market and are expanding outward.
You should try randomly calling any Department of Fish and Game or Forest Service office and chatting with the first person you get on the line...about 9 times out of 10 you will get an environMENTAL whacko on the line.
Occasionally, I talk to a sane one, but they keep their voice low to avoid persecution.
I say take their sacred cows and beat the stuffing out of em
I've never been actively involved with the CC, but I get the sense from the outside that the wheels started coming off when Ralph Reed left.
"Sure! What's the big deal? It works for me!"
That is when it started, but even in 2002 and 2004 they did a fairly respectable job. Not so in 2006. Then you have all the liberal pastors like Rick Warren, etc. pushing the liberal environmental agenda, which damages the Christian Right.
This is surprising. Northland is seen in our area as a conservative, Bible-based church. Many, many people have left my left-leaning ELCA church and ended up at Northland. Others who are staying, hoping our liberal pastor will leave, visit Northland to get a good, Bible-based sermon. I guess Hunter is not as conservative as we thought. Northland is huge, by the way, our only mega-church (except for First Baptist, often called Baptist World because of its proximity to all the other worlds.)
There's nothing wrong with being concerned about the environment or poverty. It's how you approach the issues that makes the difference - if he intended to use the organization as just another extension for tried and failed leftist policies, then the organization was right to resist him on this.
"The 'environment' is merely the latest form of idolatry plaguing the church"
The earliest, actually.
Sonds like Hunter needs to hook up with Ted Haggard
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