Sen. Boren: Bible Study to Oklahoma Legislators Helps Me as a Democrat

“A Bible study in the state capitol is beneficial to public servants who come from all walks of life and who have a personal faith that is grounded on the Bible. It is especially beneficial in a bipartisan way to help us as believers see that our common ground is in our faith.

“Dr. Day’s Bible study helps me personally as a Democrat serving in a super majority [Republican] environment because I can have biblically based private sidebar conversations with people in the Bible study knowing they are open to those conversations as I work through personal issues with my kids and my family.

“Recently in Oklahoma, an elected official made a very bad decision and I was very grief stricken in a spiritual way. I was able to share my feelings of profound disappointment and grief with members of the Bible study in a way I would not have been able to share in a secular environment.

“The Bible talks about how we are supposed to respond when people stumble on their path. That whole spiritual disposition is different from looking at it purely from an HR [Human Resources] violation. It is comforting to have a place to have those conversations with other believers.”

Senator Boren attends the Bible study that Pastor Cheyne Day leads to members of the Oklahoma legislature. Click here if you wish to support Pastor Day’s ministry.

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Representative Daniel Webster

Florida

A Christian Congressman can’t separate his faith from the decisions he makes in office. Faith should be an integral part of a Christian’s life. Whether your job is running a business, or whether your job is being a laborer, or whether your job is being in the United States Congress, it really doesn’t matter; if your faith is integrated into your life, it is going to affect how you think, what you do, and how you act.“For me, my faith is the center of my life. The principles of my faith are found in the Bible. I read the Bible all the way through every year; I read Psalms and Proverbs through every month. And every day I look for a verse that I write down on a piece of paper and put in my pocket, knowing I will come across the reason it is there and, sure enough, that is how it works out. The biblical principles I live by, affect everything I do every day including making votes, meeting with constituents, or trying to serve the community in other ways. Faith can’t be pulled apart from other areas of life. You can’t separate faith and say, ‘I go to church on Sunday thatis the faith part of my life, and the rest of the week is the secular part of my life.’ You can’t live like that and have real faith. As a Christian, my faith affects everything I do.

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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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