Merry Christmas 2012!

Dear Ministry Partners,

As Capitol Ministries comes to the close of its 15th year of ministry, we are praising God for his goodness to us. In addition to the growth of our DC ministry to our nations leaders, this past year we have been able to birth new works in the state capitols of Arizona, Michigan, South Carolina, and most recently, New York.

With ministries now existing in DC and most of the state capitols we are starting to look at germinating lay-ministries in the 3,000 county and 30,000 city government buildings of America (similar to what the body of Christ has accomplished on high school and college campuses). This is a daunting task and we are increasingly excited about how God might accomplish this. Our dream and prayer continues to be that of catalyzing a movement for Christ among our public servants at all levels of government.

Thank you for partnering with us in this endeavor!

Ralph Drollinger
President and Founder
Capitol Ministries

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Kevin Cramer

North Dakota

In the Senate Bible study, we drill down pretty deep. We spend weeks on end if not on a single verse, then on a single chapter, and several weeks on a specific passage to begin to understand intellectually. We, as politicians are naturally intellectually curious, and so to be able to apply that to Scripture with the benefit of good teaching, and the additional benefit of collective wisdom of the participants is very rich. The Bible study also allows us to drill down on theology and doctrine and application of Scripture. Perhaps the most important thing at the end of the day is that we have a source of encouragement, and a source of direction and a source of correction that is really important to the decisions we make as individuals and as an institution.

Sen. Cramer attends Ralph Drollinger’s Bible study to Members of the U.S. Senate that meets every week on the Hill in Washington, D.C.

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Dr. Dan DeShong

As CapMin’s Director of Local Government Ministries, I am seeking qualified candidates to establish weekly Bible studies to city and county elected and appointed public servants across the United States. I also led the first LGM Bible study to city and county commissioners in the greater Sacramento, CA area. I taught the curriculum, Oaks in Office: Biblical Essays for Political Leaders, which contains the most pertinent Bible studies Ralph Drollinger, President and Founder of Capitol Ministries, has authored to meet the spiritual, personal, and professional needs of Christian legislators over his more than 25 year ministry. Our Sacramento group is still meeting to study the Bible and we are studying Oaks in Office a second time.

The experience was exhilarating to say the least! None of us had any idea that the Bible had so much to say about immigration, parenting, racism, deficit spending, and other contemporary issues. One elected official had planned to leave politics and now he says, “No wonder God has me in this position!“

As Christians, we sort of take biblical precepts and doctrines for granted, but when the issues are broken out in specific chapters like Ralph has done in Oaks in Office, they become very clear and very real.

This first group was pretty excited about this study and will be sharing their story with city and county commissioners around the country. Who knows where God will take this?

Ministries to local government public servants have been planted in California, Texas, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Oregon, Idaho, Missouri, Ohio, and in dozens of provinces and territories in European nations.

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Merry Christmas 2012!

Kevin Cramer

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