1996 – Resolution on Resolution on United States National Elections

WHEREAS, we will soon hold national elections that will determine the direction of our nation into the next millennium, and

WHEREAS, the majority of the political candidates and party platforms are inconsistent with Christian values, according to the Word of God, and

WHEREAS, we recognize many of the symptoms of moral decay that surround us as the direct result of the failed experiments conducted by governments and public education, which have simultaneously promoted moral relativism while undermining the authority of Bible, church and home, robbing believers and citizens of the rights acknowledged from God by our founding fathers, and

WHEREAS, we seek candidates that will uphold the sanctity of human life, including that of the unborn, as well as the aged, at least as important a cause as the problems of race and poverty, and

WHEREAS, our country needs leadership that will be “just, ruling in the fear of God” (II Samuel 23:3).

BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that we, the members of the IBFNA. meeting in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, June 18-20, 1996, do hereby urge every Christian to exercise his/her right to vote in every election, especially this November, and support candidates most consistent with a Christian world view, as defined by Scripture.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that we urge political parties to include platform planks that protect the unborn and elderly, that eliminate the federal role in education and return the responsibility of education to parents, and press for the conclusion of failed social experimentation and return our nation to the standards of the Bible.

BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that we agree with Scripture that we do not seek from civil government what must come from God’s providence and that we must obey God’s Word to pray for them who rule over us and ask that God would provide the government and civil leadership we need for believers to fulfill the great commission.