Hundreds of Christian conservatives rallied before Tennessee’s state Capitol today as ministers and elected officials urged them to defend religious freedom from a multi-faceted attack and called for a “revival” of faith in upcoming elections.
Hundreds of Christian conservatives rallied before Tennessee’s state Capitol today as ministers and elected officials urged them to defend religious freedom from a multi-faceted attack and called for a “revival” of faith in upcoming elections.
Tennessee CapitolNASHVILLE — Hundreds of Christian conservatives rallied before Tennessee’s state Capitol today as ministers and elected officials urged them to defend religious freedom from a multi-faceted attack and called for a “revival” of faith in upcoming elections.
“We have ideological war on our hands,” warned Pastor Lyndon Allen of Woodmont Bible Church in Nashville. “Prepare.”
At least 400 people stood in sweltering heat on Legislative Plaza for the event, called “Stand in the Gap for Truth.” It was sponsored by the Tennessee Pastors Network, part of a national group, which is seeking to engage pastors and citizens in what they say are moral issues ranging the U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage to immigration and what they see as weak anti-terrorism efforts.
Speakers included Dr. Richard Land, the past president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, who denounced the same-sex marriage ruling.
“America’s future is being decided — one family, one child, one state at a time,” said Land, now president of Southern Evangelical Seminary, later adding, “we want revival.”