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An Iowa event schedule peppered with speaking appearances at Iowa churches seems to be paying off for U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann. On Friday her campaign released a list of more than 100 state pastors and faith leaders who have endorsed her presidential candidacy.
According to a press release from the campaign, many of the evangelical leaders offered support after hearing her testimony and witnessing how her faith guides her leadership on issues such as marriage, life and the impact of government policies on the family. This weekend, Bachmann has two more church appearances on her schedule, both in the Des Moines area.
As The Iowa Independent earlier reported, Bachmann offered one such “testimony of faith” at the New Life Community Church in Marion on July 24:
… she stayed within the boundaries the church had provided. She mentioned specific scriptures, but did not try to interpret them for the congregation. Her remarks were half personal introduction, half Zig Zigler’s bumblebee, heavily laden with emotion-provoking words and phrases for Christians and only waved at the fringe of current political issues.Pastors and congregants at New Life Community Church in Marion pray for U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann and her family. (File Photo: Lynda Waddington/The Iowa Independent)
For instance, she described how both she and her husband Marcus took God into their hearts at the age of 16, and how those young decisions had shape her life.
“From that moment on, something changed in me, and the Lord put in me a hunger and thirst for his word,” she said, noting that within the word of God she found “the scarlet thread of redemption,” which is a phrase used by many Christians to describe a thematic unity of the Bible.
Bachmann related the biblical story of how Jonathan, son of Saul, was able to climb a cliff with only his guardsman and lay waste to the enemies of Israel.
“Never look at challenge and think that you go it alone,” Bachmann told the church members. “Never think that we serve a God who is not mighty to save.” …
“Michele has a long track record of standing firm on and fighting for conservative issues on the local, state and national level,” said Brad Sherman, a politically-active pastor and director at Solid Rock Christian Church and Purpose Ministries in Coralville.
Brad Sherman
Sherman has also served on the board of the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition, formerly Iowa Christian Alliance, which is led by Steve Scheffler, one of Iowa’s representatives to the Republican National Committee. He also serves as president and chairman of the board of Informed Choices Medical Clinic, an anti-abortion and anti-contraception clinic with locations in Iowa City and, most recently, in West Des Moines. He supported former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee in the 2008 caucus season.
“From the start of this campaign I have promised to take the values of Iowans to the White House,” Bachmann said in a prepared statement. “I learned those values growing up in Waterloo, and I am grateful for the pastors and faith leaders who continue to teach them to new generations of Iowans. Thank you to each of these men and women who are standing with me in fighting for the future of our great nation.”
The full list of endorsers is included in the file embedded below:
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