"It’s sad to see the religious left and the secular left forge an unholy alliance against people of faith," Johnson said. "We have invited people to pray, to serve and to engage, and candidly, we will not be intimidated or bullied by these folks."
A bunch of pastors and clergymen, filed a complaint with the IRS concerning a number of right wing Christian churches in Ohio using the pulpit to get out the Republican vote, especially for their favorite candidate, Blackwell.
More than 30 local pastors last night officially accused two evangelical megachurches of illegal political activities.Read more, here.
In a rare and potentially explosive action, the moderate ministers signed a complaint asking the Internal Revenue Service to investigate World Harvest Church of Columbus and Fairfield Christian Church of Lancaster and determine if their tax-exempt status should be revoked.
The grievance claims that the Rev. Rod Parsley of World Harvest Church and the Rev. Russell Johnson of Fairfield Christian Church improperly used their churches and affiliated entities — the Center for Moral Clarity, Ohio Restoration Project and Reformation Ohio — for partisan politics, including
supporting the Republican gubernatorial candidacy of Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell.
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