Pastor Jim Garlow will stand before congregants at his 2,000-seat Skyline Wesleyan Church in La Mesa, California, on Sunday, October 7, just weeks before the U.S. presidential and congressional elections, and urge his flock to vote for or against particular candidates.
He knows such pulpit pleading could endanger his church's tax-exempt status by violating IRS rules for a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. A charity can take a position on policy issues but cannot act "on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for public office." To cross that line puts the $7 million mega-church's tax break at risk.
TONY DIGIROLAMO- AT CULTURE SHOCK WE'LL STAND WITH JIM GARLOW.
IN ANOTHER ARTICLE WRITTEN BY JIM, ''Preach It! Don’t worry about being ‘too political’ in the pulpit. For 57 years, people have believed a cultural myth that “pastors cannot speak out about politics.” Such is the nature of the 1954 Johnson Amendment, which suddenly stripped way from American pulpits what they had enjoyed for more than 160 years—no governmental intrusion in the pulpit. Not only is this “pastors-can’t-talk-about-politics” myth unconstitutional—check out the First Amendment—but it flies in the face of biblical authority.
Was John Wesley “too political” for being a cheerleader to William Wilberforce in his crusade to end slavery in the British Empire? Were Orange Scott and Luther Lee too political when they campaigned against American slavery?"
Was John Wesley “too political” for being a cheerleader to William Wilberforce in his crusade to end slavery in the British Empire? Were Orange Scott and Luther Lee too political when they campaigned against American slavery?"
Speaking to 250 pastors and priests,
KEN CUCCINELLI, THE AG OF VIRGINIA SAID AS WELL: "SOME OF YOU WILL BE SURPRISED AT JUST HOW MUCH FREEDOM YOU DO HAVE! YOU CAN SPEAK TO ANY ISSUE IN AMERICA FROM THE PULPIT, FULL THROATED, YOU DON'T HAVE TO HOLD BACK AT ALL!"
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