Daniel Whyte tells pastors not to get involved in pres. politics-  

Daniel Whyte III, President of Gospel Light Society International, Tells all Pastors, Evangelists, “Prophets,” and so-called “Church Leaders” on Both Sides of the Isle–Evangelicals and Progressives, Republicans and Democrats, Black and White–do Not Make the Same Mistakes You Have Made in the Past by Getting Involved in Presidential Politics–Trying to be Somebody by “trying to seek the rulers favor” by Trying to Curry Favor With Somebody Who Might be a Ruler (President). The Holy Bible says, “Many seek the ruler’s favour; But every man’s judgment cometh from the LORD.” Stop Disobeying the Word of God by “Entangling Yourselves With the Affairs of This Life,” which never works for the true Man of God–the True Servant of the Lord. When you do it, God Always Allows You to End up With Egg-on-Your-Face. The truth of the matter is that the Evangelicals and the Progressive Protestant and Catholic Ministers Have Done More to Mess This Nation up Than the Lost Heathen Has by Not “Praying Without Ceasing,” by Not Obeying the Great Commandment, and by not Obeying the Great Commission. Whyte says we would not have the confusion and mess we have today if the church had done those three things. So-Called “Church Leaders” Ought to Shut Their Mouths, vote, and other than that, “HUMBLE THEMSELVES, PRAY, SEEK GOD’S FACE, TURN FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS, REPENT OF THEIR SINS,” and GET BACK TO THEIR FIRST LOVE–the LORD JESUS CHRIST– and then “GO YE INTO ALL THE WORLD AND PREACH THE GOSPEL–GOOD NEWS–OF JESUS CHRIST”–not the “Good News” of Biden or Trump. Remember what the Apostles said: “We will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.”

DAVENPORT, Iowa — Donald Trump doesn’t have the support of Iowa’s most prominent evangelical leader in Monday’s caucuses. But in Iowa and across the country, MAGA pastors are among Trump’s most loyal backers.

Why it matters: It’s not just that they like the former president for appointing three Supreme Court justices who helped overturn abortion rights.

• Some of Trump’s most enthusiastic believers are pastors who share his dark view of U.S. politics — or who’ve touted him as they’ve risen to prominence on social media.

Zoom in: Faith leaders who’ve endorsed Trump include hundreds of traditional conservatives a lot like Bob Vander Plaats — the influential Iowa evangelical leader who’s backing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

• They also include MAGA pastors who, in speeches and podcasts, offer an apocalyptic view of U.S. politics — casting Democrats as demonic, promoting Christian nationalism and touting Trump as chosen by God to save Christianity.
• Many also echo Trump’s claim that the 2020 election was stolen.

Details: They include Joel Tenney, a 27-year-old Iowan primarily known for his Armenian advocacy work, and Jentezen Franklin, pastor of the 25,000-member megachurch Free Chapel in Georgia. Franklin has 1 million followers on X and has been a spiritual adviser to Trump.

• “You cannot be Christian and vote for a Democrat,” Tenney, who spoke at a recent Trump rally in Coralville, Iowa, told Axios.

Trump’s team of faith leaders includes former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson, who has been stumping for Trump in Iowa.

• In a packed Grace Family Church in Davenport on Wednesday night, Carson — a Seventh-day Adventist — sought to assure anyone in the crowd who had misgivings about Trump’s salty rhetoric.
• “Would you rather have somebody whose tongue is maybe a little wild but has incredibly good policies that make your life better,” Carson thundered, “or somebody who has a silver tongue but terrible policy?”

Between the lines: MAGA pastors have defended Trump on TV, amassed large followings online, been key advocates for the former president in swing states and, in some cases, influenced Trump’s thinking.

• Trump has said one of his priorities if he’s re-elected would be to establish a task force to fight “anti-Christian” bias in American life, an idea pushed by some MAGA pastors.

Prominent Trump backers also include Paula White-Cain, who’s popular in the Christian prosperity movement; South Carolina televangelist Mark Burns; and Ohio pastor and radio host Darrell Scott.

• Preachers popular on social media — Sean Feucht (304,000 followers on Instagram) and Greg Locke (226,000 followers) — also tout Trump, as does North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, who has a large religious following.

The intrigue: Trump has an easier time reaching evangelicals now than in the past two election cycles, in part because of changes in the evangelical world, Tim Alberta, author of “The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory,” told Axios.

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