NORTH CENTRAL OHIO — With the first Presidential debate set for Cleveland, Ohio next week, united clergy across the Buckeye Bible Belt are taking the opportunity to thank the President for his Administration’s policies.
On Thursday, over one hundred clergymen across a region of the bellwether state released an open letter addressed to President Donald Trump thanking him for twenty policies during the President’s term. One of the clergy spokesmen believes substance is more important than style.
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“When a person votes, you cannot go by a man’s personality, you have to go by his policies,” says Bishop Sylvester Ginn of Ontario. “This may be unpopular, but in this world it always takes courage to do the right thing. Actions speak louder than words.”
Bishop Ginn went on to say “The Bible says to commend those who do right. As clergy across different denominational lines, we believe the President’s policies highlighted in our letter match our values on issues of faith, family, and freedom.”
Pastor J.C. Church of Bucyrus, Ohio believes Ohio evangelicals as a whole will be voting their values at the ballot box. He also believes this could be the last election if one particular political party wins.
“We should never take this President for granted; this could be the last vote we ever cast. My point: in this election we have one political party that believes a nine-month old baby can be tossed aside after a botched abortion. Since they have no problem tossing babies aside, they will have no problem tossing your vote aside. The magnitude of this election is sobering if this group gains power.”
Pastor J.C. Church
“We should never take this President for granted; this could be the last vote we ever cast. My point: in this election we have one political party that believes a nine-month old baby can be tossed aside after a botched abortion. Since they have no problem tossing babies aside, they will have no problem tossing your vote aside. The magnitude of this election is sobering if this group gains power.”
The clergy letter addressed to President Trump stated “We (clergy) are convinced that you have come to the Oval Office for such a time as this.” Several pastors elaborated.
“In the past we have had Presidents who have wanted the evangelical vote but then not follow thru with their promises,” explains Pastor Randy Raynes of Mansfield, Ohio. “But whether it is moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, or eliminating funding to Planned Parenthood, President Trump is keeping his promises. He has given evangelicals a voice in our country.”
When discussing evangelical influence, one political scientist from Eastern Illinois University commented last year that “atheist feminists would not want to live in Mansfield. Ohio.” Since 2004, the region has been visited by three different U.S. Presidents during the election season.
The clergy letter listed several policy decisions. On January 23, 2017 President Trump reinstated and expanded the Mexico City Policy, which blocks funding for international organizations that perform or promote abortion. President Trump also became the first sitting president to give remarks in person at the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C..
Reverend El Akuchie of Mansfield, Ohio says the President has not wavered and has a proven conservative record.
“President Trump supports law and order. We cannot allow anarchists to destroy this nation. If there is no law and order, there is no nation. Take it from me, I grew up in Nigeria where there is no law and order. Bloodshed is rampant over the entire country and no one feels safe.”
Counties represented in the clergy letter include Richland (69 pastors), Crawford (10), Ashland (7) and also Wayne, Morrow, Knox, Huron, Portage and Stark.
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