Leader Of Trump Cabinet Bible Studies Aggressively Expanding Right-Wing Proselytizing To Government
By Peter Montgomery | November 27, 2017 3:21 pm
From Ralph Drollinger's September 26, 2017 Bible study for members of Congress.
Ralph Drollinger, the Christian nationalist who leads Bible study meetings for members of Trump’s Cabinet and members of Congress, is aggressively seeking to expand his reach in state capitals and local governments as well as overseas. Drollinger teaches that there is one “absolutely critical preeminent duty of the Church in an institutionally separated society: to convert the soul and disciple—Christianize—the leaders of the State and its citizenry.”
Capitol Ministries’ “seven global directors” will be meeting together for the first time this week, along with state ministry leaders, at the group’s fall training conference. It is being held in Washington, D.C., at the new Museum of the Bible, created by the family that owns the Hobby Lobby chain. The global directors are all men, as Drollinger teaches that the Bible does not permit women to teach men. Drollinger’s “Ministry Update” says that “speakers will include several U.S. White House Cabinet Members, Senators and Representatives.”
When we wrote about Drollinger in July, we noted that he teaches that God only hears the prayers of Christians, that Christians in government have an obligation to only hire other Christians, and that social welfare programs are un-Christian. That kind of exclusionary theology and dominionist worldview haven’t gotten Drollinger into any trouble with the Trump administration or his other admirers, and they don’t seem to be slowing his expansion.
In a recorded speech to the Hillsboro, Oregon Prayer Breakfast in October, Drollinger said there are 12 Cabinet members taking part in the weekly White House Bible studies, and about 30 House members and 12 senators taking part in the congressional versions. Drollinger and his Capitol Ministries have big growth plans.
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While I don't dispute that they can attend whatever meetings they want (I bet Old Donnie Two Scoops would attend a neo-Nazi convention if it were held at Mar-a-Lago), I think as taxpayers we have a right to know what our public servants are up to, and who is influencing their thinking.
BTW, here's a photo of Barton in 1995:
And Trump thinks NFL players are disrespecting the Flag?
the "establishment" had a FIT about how "disrespectful" it was. Even if it was just having a flag patch on your jeans pocket.
Now it's apparently patriotic. 
