from Associated Baptist Press:
LifeWay Christian Resources, found that 61 percent of Protestant pastors disapprove of President Obama's job performance. Eighty-four percent, however, disagreed with the survey statement, "I believe pastors should endorse candidates for public office from the pulpit."
"We know that pastors have strong feelings when it comes to political candidates and their job performance," said Ed Stetzer, president of LifeWay Research. "But each week when they step into public pulpits in front of sometimes thousands of congregants, the vast majority of those pulpits remain silent on advising others how to vote. They may not approve, but they do not plan to tell."
I would take Ed's assessment even further. Not only do they choose not to tell, they disapprove of the idea of telling their congregants how to vote. This is not surprising. For all of the talk about legal challenges to pulpit endorsements, most all pastors – like most all congregants – know it's the wrong thing to do.
