Southern Baptists urged to engage with politics, but be civil
c. 2015 Religion News Service
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (RNS) Sealed with a prayer delivered by Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, a Southern Baptist pastors’ event made it clear: There’s no separating religion and politics.
Speaker after speaker at the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission’s “The Gospel & Politics” conference on Wednesday reiterated the point that it is a Christian’s duty to ensure biblical principles are being upheld by elected officials.
