The Open Door

The time for the election of the President of the United States is quickly approaching. Are you registered to vote? If you are a registered voter, you might think that for most Georgia Baptists that may not be a relevant question since probably most Georgia Baptist church members are registered to vote.

Interestingly, I read these statistics recently: There are 60 million evangelical Christians in the United States. Twenty-four million of them are not registered to vote and an additional 12.9 million did not vote in the last presidential election.

With these facts in hand, I want to encourage all of our pastors and congregations between now and October 9 to emphasize the importance of voter registration among your church family.

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