Morris Webster Urges Pastors to Bring the Gospel to Government: “Pick Up the Blood-Stained Banner”

Villanova, PA—In a powerful address at Salem Radio’s Pastors Appreciation Day on April 10th, longtime ministry leader Morris Webster challenged spiritual leaders to step boldly into a mission field too often neglected: the public square.

Speaking before an audience of 150–200 pastors from across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, Webster declared, “Chaos exists when ungodly people are in charge of our country, and the church has to know that they have the responsibility to minister the Gospel of Jesus Christ to those who are in authority and to pray for them.”

Webster, a retired businessman who has spent most of his adult life in ministry, has become a familiar figure in Delaware’s Legislative Hall, serving as a Capitol Ministries ministry leader to lawmakers. His message in Villanova emphasized a scriptural mandate for partnership between church and government.

“There is a functional separation, but not an influential separation,” Webster said. “The government and the church can’t functionally be each other, but they both have influential responsibilities … mandated in the scriptures to work with each other for the benefit of the people.”

Drawing inspiration from biblical figures, Webster referenced the cooperative roles of Nehemiah and Ezra. “They worked together for the benefit of the people in the community where they lived,” he said.

Webster also serves as the Northeast Regional Director of Capitol Ministries’ Local Government Ministries, an initiative that plants discipleship Bible studies with elected and appointed officials at the city and county levels. At the event, he and his diligent team—including Phil Todd, Alan and Wendy Richard, Larry Mayo, and Carol Webster—served at a booth presenting CapMin’s mission and distributing materials such as All in Authority, Oaks in Office, and weekly Bible study guides.

Capitol Ministries, a national sponsor of the event, used the opportunity to invite pastors to consider hosting Bible studies for public officials in their local areas.

Webster stirred the crowd with a challenge: “God has called you either to be a Bible study teacher or to find somebody in your church that you can steer to that. Pick up the blood-stained banner of Jesus Christ, and you carry it into the community where you live and glorify His name for the benefit of the people.”