Pawlenty’s pastor avoids politics in the pulpit
When GOP presidential hopeful Tim Pawlenty goes to church, he knows
he'll hear a 27-minute sermon—never longer, never shorter. But whether
he'll hear a biblical endorsement of the Republican platform is far less
certain.
Pawlenty gets his spiritual guidance from Leith
Anderson, senior pastor at Wooddale Church in Eden Prairie, Minnesota,
and president of the National Association of Evangelicals. Anderson says
he toes no partisan line, though some hardline Republicans might
question some past NAE positions if Pawlenty were to emerge as a GOP
contender.
Anderson said before the July 4 weekend that he will
retire as senior pastor of the megachurch by December, staying on as
minister-at-large. Anderson said his decision was unrelated to the
Pawlenty campaign and that he did not foresee any role with the
Republican primary candidate.
