Pastors are being encouraged to speak from the pulpit on major cultural and political issues.
Sam Rohrer, head of the Pennsylvania Pastors Network (PPN), says nationwide issues need to be assessed by pastors.
"Pennsylvania Pastors Network is committed to encouraging, assisting and motivating pastors who claim the authority of scripture to boldly stand in the pulpit, to preach the whole counsel of God -- even the difficult issues -- to teach their people to be salt and light (Matthew 5:13-16) to the culture," Rohrer shares.
He contends it is a vital responsibility of pastors to get involved in the political process and vote, especially in the crucial election ahead, irrespective of the fact that the economy currently holds center stage in the political arena.
"We have a spiritual problem in America, and it's the pastors in the pulpit that are commissioned by God Himself to stand up and teach the truth that just in fact may be our last line of defense when it comes to defending freedom as we know it in the United States of America," the PPN president asserts.
The truth is in scripture as it relates to political and social issues, so Rohrer reasons that if people do not hear the truth, they cannot act on it. During the "Pulpit Sunday" initiative, he stresses that "pastors have an unmistakable and unequivocally major role in preserving freedom."