A high profile Baptist minister from the upstate of South Carolina has been invited by Barack Obama to join a Presidential panel on faith-based programs.
Dr. Frank Page, Pastor of Taylors First Baptist Church in Taylors, SC, has agreed to serve on the panel that will meet with the President in Washington on a quarterly basis and hold meetings by telephone conference between the quarterly meetings.
As a social and spiritual conservative, Page stated that at first he had deep misgivings about serving and wondered why he would even be asked. But then he stated it occurred to him that he might be able to make a difference in an environment where matters such as abortion, or forcing churches to hire non-Christians if they accept government money for social programs, seem to be the prevailing philosophy.
Page stated that he insisted in his interviews with the White House that if at any time he felt his voice was not being heard or that his point of view was being minimized, he would have no hesitation about resigning immediately.
We can only hope that Dr. Page can, in fact, make a difference in that wasteland of a lion's den. But my hunch is that over time he will find that his views not only will be met with a deaf ear but outright hostility.
I hope I am wrong.
Monday, February 16, 2009
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If I was advising Frank Page I would tell him to "come out from among them" due to the fact that his participation will only lend credibility to the unthinkable.
Good point. When I first head the headline about the matter, I thought it was some far-Left Pastor of the United Church of Christ or something.
While I think Dr. Page's motives are admirable, in this instance I don't think he is being realistic.
Look what's happened as Rick Warren has gotten closely involved with Obama. It has done nothing to change Obama but has given the impression of an endorsement by Warren of the Obama agenda.
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