{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Why Are Pastors Afraid of Politics?","description":"In episode 26 of Faith Wins, Chad Connelly and Jim Brangenberg discuss Why Are Pastors Afraid of Politics? Why do pastors shrink from a \u201cpolitical approach?\u201d They are asked by campaigns to endorse their candidate, to stand with their candidate, some are even paid to do those things. Pastors have a higher calling - that calling is to God above and no party nor candidate warrants that type of honor. These are the biggest reasons pastors recoil when asked to be overtly political: a. They\u2019ve been lied to intentionally by those who seek to keep the church from being influential; b. They\u2019ve been burned before by political people who have taken advantage of the pastors in their area or state; c. They don\u2019t know American history enough to know and grasp the traditional role of the pastor influencer in each community; d. They\u2019re genuinely afraid of losing members or money and have lost their focus on Matt 28 admonition to disciple their people; e. They\u2019re cowards who would rather not do anything \u201ccontroversial\u201d and hide behind their pulpits; www.FaithWins.org ","author_name":"Faith Wins Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/faithwins.libsyn.com\/website","html":"