May 23, 2011

 

 

 

Rev. John Johnson, President

Council of Concerned Christians

555 Grace Street  NW

Anytown, USA  55555

 

Dear Rev. Johnson,

 

“Don’t pastors realize they are accountable before God for not defending life, marriage – and a host of other issues – from the pulpit He gave them? How do we get them to see the need to engage our culture and speak the truth as pastors?”

 

Those are the million-dollar questions eighteen months before the next presidential election, aren’t they?

 

Many pastors are not speaking up about these issues because the pastors have issues of their own. They need a shift from their own worldview, where they are at the center and their own sin binds them. Under sin, they struggle with a double-mindedness which renders it difficult, and even hypocritical, to communicate a courageous and healthy message of truth on the issues the body of Christ needs to hear about and take action on.

 

The Council of Concerned Christians (CCC) has vital information for pastors on the most important issues our democracy faces. You have infrastructure in place for reaching every pastor in the nation. You have passion, and, you have calling to defend the Christian faith, family, and freedom.

 

Restoring Pastors (RP) has the tools CCC needs to reach and bring God’s transforming work to pastors everywhere through our Restoration video series. Through Restoration, pastors can experience the spiritual transformation they need. This is a web-driven endeavor that reaches and teaches pastors via online videos and .pdf materials at three levels: 

 

• Level A – Worldview Shift

• Level B – Permission/Character Formation

• Level C – Meat/Intimacy to Action.

 

If pastors are advancing from one level to the next, or even if they are active in all the levels, a shift in worldview, character formation, and intimacy-to-action are all taking place. They are being transformed.

 

We envision a cooperative effort with Council of Concerned Christians. Within such a relationship, we would aim to support the CCC as much as we would stand to gain.

 

As pastors are transformed, Council of Concerned Christians can anticipate an increase in pastors’ participation with CCC programs. CCC website hits increasing, prayer groups for our nation forming, heightened communication with CCC, a growth in donations, conference attendance multiplying - - these are all plausible measures of success.

 

Unhealthy pastors look at their own issues. Restored pastors look at issues important to Council of Concerned Christians.

 

God’s design for marriage preached from the pulpit. Pastors taking a stand for life and building thriving relationships between their churches and local pro-life organizations. Healing for emotional and mental issues in their congregations. Pastors walking the path of personal restoration have good spiritual and emotional health to stand boldly for the truth on important issues.

 

We need a tipping point toward righteous decision making in our nation, and that is possible when healthy pastors use their God-given authority and mantle to teach their congregations appropriately. It takes healthy pastors to direct the church to the vital information and programs CCC has developed.

 

Thank you for fighting a good fight through CCC, Rev. Johnson. And thank you for reading through the remainder of the proposal. I hope we have an opportunity to talk soon about how we can join forces in the battle. I will contact you the week of May 30 if I don’t hear from you sooner.

 

Sincerely,

 

 

 

Rev. Steve Stevens, Chairman

Restoring Pastors