Ministers: Join Jerry, Mike Huckabee, and Others for a Free Event

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Family Council has partnered with Mike Huckabee and others to bring a Pastor’s Briefing to The Doubletree Hotel in Little Rock on October 20 & 21.

This is an important event designed to inform pastors and other Christian leaders and to equip them to address current social and moral issues.

If you are a minister, Sunday school teacher, Christian educator, church leader, or elected official, I hope you will make plans to join me, Mike Huckabee, Dennis Prager, and others for this important event. There is no cost to attend. Meals and lodging are free for you and your spouse; all you have to do is register. Details are below.

What: The Arkansas Renewal Project
When: Monday, October 20, and Tuesday, October 21.
Where: The Doubletree Hotel in Little Rock.

Registration for the Arkansas Renewal Project on October 20 & 21 is totally free for you and your spouse.  Registration includes all meals and a one night’s stay at Little Rock’s Doubletree Hotel. Click Here to Register and See a Schedule for the Event.

If you have any questions, please call our office at (501) 375-7000.

I hope you will make plans to join us–and be sure to share this information with anyone you know who may also benefit from attending.

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Tired of Sitting on the Sideline? Join Us for a Special Meeting.

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Religious liberty in America is under attack. We’ve seen this everywhere from the federal government’s controversial mandates under Obamacare all the way down to the “nondiscrimination” ordinance recently passed by the Fayetteville City Council. It seems like almost every day there is some new example of the government making it more difficult for churches and people of faith to live out their religious convictions.

What if I told you there was something you and your church could do about this?

Family Research Council in Washington, D.C., and Vision America Action are bringing a team to Arkansas to help you do just that. All next week, their team will travel across the state, hosting free meetings to help you and your church take a stand for the principles we hold dear.

Topics at the meetings will include helping Christians register to vote and engage in the public arena; understanding a biblical view of the issues facing our culture; and outlining how churches can be involved in this struggle.

Each meeting will include a free meal and an excellent lineup of speakers prepared to share critical information with you and your friends. If you are a pastor or church leader, it is especially important for you to join us. For additional information and to RSVP for free, go to www.Pastors4AR.org.

One of the best ways to stop the assault on religious liberty is for Christians to start exercising their other liberties. There are many ways we can join together to make our state a better place to live and raise a family. Please come to one of meetings below and learn how you and your church can do just that.

Meeting Details

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No Exemption for Churches From Proposed Fayetteville Ordinance

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We have written about Fayetteville’s proposed nondiscrimination ordinance and its unintended consequences–particularly where churches are concerned.

In particular, churches could face criminal prosecution if they:

  • Refuse to hire a gay or transgender person to fill a “secular” staff position;
  • Decline to let a same-sex couple use their property for a same-sex ceremony or reception.

A few of you have asked about the amendment adopted at last week’s meeting supposedly exempting churches from the ordinance. Here is how the amendment reads:

“Nothing contained in this chapter shall be deemed to require any religious or denominational institution or association to open its sanctuary or chapel to any individual or group for any ceremony including, but not limited to, weddings, funerals, confirmations, or baptisms.”

Here is the problem: The amendment only exempts the church sanctuary or chapel, and only for “ceremonies.”

A church could still be forced to open its sanctuary for non-ceremonial meetings–if the church lets other groups use its sanctuary for meetings.

The church could still be forced to open other parts of its property–such as the fellowship hall, classrooms, outdoor lawns or gardens, additional auditoriums, and so on–for ceremonies or receptions.

To put it another way, the ordinance does not exempt churches; it exempts one room from a church’s entire property: The sanctuary. That’s it. Every other piece of church property is fair game.

If the Fayetteville City Council intended to exempt churches, they could have done so. As it is, they only exempted the church sanctuary or chapel. That sends a very clear message: The ordinance is fully intended to affect churches.

Read the full language of the ordinance here.

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