Oh No They’re Not!

This fella says politicians and pastors have the same “skill set” — oh not they’re not the same! Try reading some New Testament.

Hundreds of pastors flocked to the Baton Rouge River Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, last Friday to gather resources, ideas and strategies surrounding how they can successfully run for political office in 2016. 

The faith leaders assembled for the Issachar Training Event, which was organized by the American Renewal Project, an organization that is working toward bringing 1,000 preachers into the public square next election cycle.

American Renewal Project founder David Lane told CBN News’ David Brody that he launched his mass initiative to recruit pastors to run for a wide array of elected positions in 2016 after he recognized a similarity between politicians and preachers.

“I’m a political operative as you know. I saw that the skills as a successful politician are the same skills of a successful pastor,” Lane said. “The skill set is about the same.”

Please don’t pass this on to Eugene Peterson.