In a new free online video series, “Should Christians Avoid Politics?” Summit CEO Jeff Myers says the series was birthed from the organization’s desire to help new voters. Each summer, Summit Ministries hosts biblical worldview student conferences for individuals aged 16-22.
The first myth is believing a vote is the “choosing between the lesser of two evils.” Instead, Myers says we should ask the question: “Is one of these candidates more likely to lessen evil?”
Another myth is that “politics doesn’t matter to what is really important.” To that, Myers points to what he calls “sphere sovereignty.” The family, the church and the state are three spheres that must be balanced with one another.
According to Myers, Family is “where economics is located and is where education is located.” The state/the government is “for the purpose of securing the rights of the people” and “ensuring the free flow of commerce.” The church is the “conscience of the government and the part of the training ground for families.”
Churches “don’t tell the government what to do, but churches do need to stand up for what is right and – and encourage the rulers to do what is good, not what is evil.”
Myers says the video series hopes to encourage Christians to have “disagreements in a spirit of grace — that is something Christians can model and should be modeling for society at large.”