BUCYRUS — At a time when the nation appears to have lost its moral compass, one rural congregation surrounded by cornfields is impacting the pulpits of the entire nation. Its pastor is encouraging other faith leaders to go against the grain using Biblical truth to confront a culture that has gone haywire.
Last month Reverend J.C. Church of Victory in Truth Ministries (VITM), held a “Stand Your Ground Conference” with over 280 pastors from fourteen different states attending. Other high-profile speakers at the conference included: Bishop Harry Jackson, Pastor Rod Parsley, and Pastor Lyndon Allen of Christians United for Israel.
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According to one of the conference attenders, Pastor Randy Raynes of Mansfield Fellowship Baptist, “I met a number pastors from different ministries. It was good to have that personal touch and be reminded that we are not alone in the fight for the soul of this nation. My wife and I took advantage of the free motel room accommodations. They (VITM) did everything to make us feel comfortable.”
Clergy throughout the nation attended with one attending pastor given a free trip to Israel, and several others receiving certificates for a three-night stay at the Eagles Landing. Pastor Brian Hall of Ontario Abundant Tabernacle was a first-time attender to this year’s conference.
“This was my first time at a Stand Your Ground Conference. I made several new pastor friends. I had just been studying from the Book of Nehemiah when Pastor J.C. spoke about pastors being watchmen on the walls of our culture.”
In addition to the Stand Your Ground Conference, VITM also allows Pastor Church to mentor pastors nationwide. This second ministry, 3 Cord Alliance, helps equip churches and ministries to engage the culture and empower leadership for the purpose of community transformation.
Thru 3 Cord Alliance, Pastor Church serves as the National Director of Ministry Engagement for the Washington D.C. based Family Research Council, networking churches to answer the call on moral issues thru the Watchman on the Wall initiative.
“Ohio has the best pastor network in the nation,” says Pastor Church. “We are seeing the Church moving from influence to power. Our state’s governor, Mike DeWine has a Governor’s Evangelical Advisory Council. According to historian David Barton, it is the only one of its kind in the nation.”
“We need to think generationally. The No. 1 thing anybody can give their children and grandchildren is the Supreme Christ. But the second greatest thing we can give them is the Supreme Court. By doing so we can build a firewall for our children and grandchildren to give them more time to rebuild our culture and nation.”
Pastor J.C. Church
Victory in Truth Ministries
In regards to the plight of the nation, Church says “We need to think generationally. The No. 1 thing anybody can give their children and grandchildren is the Supreme Christ. But the second greatest thing we can give them is the Supreme Court. By doing so we can build a firewall for our children and grandchildren to give them time to rebuild the culture and nation.”
On September 21st 2016, then-Presidential Candidate Donald Trump announced at an Ohio church he had compiled a list of twenty candidates he would appoint as judicial nominees. The President’s announcement was given to seven hundred faith leaders at Pastor Darrell Scott‘s New Spirit Revival Center in Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
While President Trump has transformed the federal judiciary during his presidency, his influence has impacted other parts of the government as well. During his administration, President Trump has implemented a first of its kind policy requiring a chaplain for every federal department under his authority.
According to Pastor Church, “From a religious freedom perspective, we have to look at what condition this nation would have been in if Trump was not elected to office. Our culture would be that much more worse off. We are really seeing the wheat being separated from the chaff. On behalf of my grandchildren, I cannot retreat.”
View the video below on Christian Television Network’s “Contending for the Faith” show interviewing Congresswoman Michele Bachmann & Pastor JC Church.
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Article updated to include video produced two months after publication.
