C-4 PEOPLE FILES
- Chad Connelly - James Conrad - Larry Cook - Quentin L Cook - Chris Cookston - Aaron Coon -
==chad connelly======
Have a question about the Iowa caucuses? Ask your pastor
The group Faith Wins is a nonprofit organization geared toward increasing political engagement among evangelicals. The group’s founder, Chad Connelly, is a former chair of the South Carolina GOP and the Republican National Committee’s first-ever director of faith engagement. In 2016, he helped Donald Trump secure record support from evangelicals nationally. He’s hoping to help evangelical voters have that same influence in every election. (Alex Cochran/Deseret News 1/13/23)
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The group Faith Wins is a nonprofit organization geared toward increasing political engagement among evangelicals. The group’s founder, Chad Connelly, is a former chair of the South Carolina GOP and the Republican National Committee’s first-ever director of faith engagement. In 2016, he helped Donald Trump secure record support from evangelicals nationally. He’s hoping to help evangelical voters have that same influence in every election. (Alex Cochran/Deseret News 1/13/23)
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===james conrad======
Some Georgia pastors push back against spread of Christian nationalism
The way the Rev. Will Dyer sees it, if pastors aren’t speaking out against Christian nationalism, then they’re making a huge mistake. Dyer, senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Augusta, Georgia, has addressed the ideology in his sermons and in private conversations with members, cautioning against the philosophy that some say calls for the blending of religion and government. His stance cost him about 10 members from his congregation, which has an average Sunday attendance of 1,000.
(Sheila Poole/Frederick News Post 12/17/22)
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The way the Rev. Will Dyer sees it, if pastors aren’t speaking out against Christian nationalism, then they’re making a huge mistake. Dyer, senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Augusta, Georgia, has addressed the ideology in his sermons and in private conversations with members, cautioning against the philosophy that some say calls for the blending of religion and government. His stance cost him about 10 members from his congregation, which has an average Sunday attendance of 1,000.
(Sheila Poole/Frederick News Post 12/17/22)
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==larry cook======
North Minneapolis church buys neighboring gas station in effort to curb crime
MINNEAPOLIS — At the Real Believers Faith Center church in north Minneapolis, church leaders are taking community safety into their own hands with a unique investment. They bought the neighboring Marathon gas station back in November, where there have been more than 60 911 calls in just the last year, according to call logs from Minneapolis police. (Deevon Rahming/Kare 11 1/25/23)
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MINNEAPOLIS — At the Real Believers Faith Center church in north Minneapolis, church leaders are taking community safety into their own hands with a unique investment. They bought the neighboring Marathon gas station back in November, where there have been more than 60 911 calls in just the last year, according to call logs from Minneapolis police. (Deevon Rahming/Kare 11 1/25/23)
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==Quentin L Cook======
Quentin LaMar Cook (born September 8, 1940) is an American religious leader and former lawyer and business executive who is currently a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Currently, he is the seventh most senior apostle in the church.
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May 27, 2015: Mormon News: Elder Cook Calls for Global Effort to Protect Faith and Religious Freedom
Elder Quentin L. Cook of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints took the Church’s effort to protect and strengthen religious freedom to a global audience Wednesday. Aug 16, 2013: Youtube: Elder Quentin L. Cook on Same Gender Attraction |
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==chris cookston======
Chris Cookston is the pastor at Prineville Community Church in Prineville, Oregon.
Chris Cookston
These are the words of Jesus Christ to the church of Laodicea, which was self-sufficiently affluent. History tells us that after an earthquake damaged their town, the Roman government offered them funds to rebuild. They were so rich they declined. Although they possessed a veneer of success, inwardly they were dead and dying. The Laodiceans could not see themselves as they truly were: "wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked." They stupidly left their first love. They loved their precious wealth instead of the gospel. They served the wrong master, and they rested on the delusion that financial affluence insulated them from any need. --Chris Cookston; Pastor at Prineville Community Church
==aaron coon======
Christian schools: Exempt us from certifications and licensure
Leaders of private christian schools clashed with legislators Wednesday in the Senate Education Committee over a bill that would require licenses and certifications for religious early education centers. Senate Bill 69, sponsored by Sen. David Wilson, R-Lincoln, would exempt sectarian or religious institutions from the Delaware Child Care Act. aron Coon, head of school at Dover’s Calvary Christian Academy, said if the legislators don’t pass SB 69, all 335 students at Calvary will be put at risk of not having a school. “The facility requirements in the regulation are not possible in our facility, which means we would have to buy a new facility or used facility and make a large move,” he said. “That is not possible right now financially or within the timeframe allotted.” He also said the regulations in the Delaware Child Care Act conflict with some of Calvary’s religious beliefs as a church and a school, especially in the hiring process. He did not expand on that comment. “These points among others will force us to close our doors, contributing to Delaware’s child care and unemployment crisis,” he said. (Jarek Rutz/Town Square Live 4/5/23) READ MORE>>>>>
Leaders of private christian schools clashed with legislators Wednesday in the Senate Education Committee over a bill that would require licenses and certifications for religious early education centers. Senate Bill 69, sponsored by Sen. David Wilson, R-Lincoln, would exempt sectarian or religious institutions from the Delaware Child Care Act. aron Coon, head of school at Dover’s Calvary Christian Academy, said if the legislators don’t pass SB 69, all 335 students at Calvary will be put at risk of not having a school. “The facility requirements in the regulation are not possible in our facility, which means we would have to buy a new facility or used facility and make a large move,” he said. “That is not possible right now financially or within the timeframe allotted.” He also said the regulations in the Delaware Child Care Act conflict with some of Calvary’s religious beliefs as a church and a school, especially in the hiring process. He did not expand on that comment. “These points among others will force us to close our doors, contributing to Delaware’s child care and unemployment crisis,” he said. (Jarek Rutz/Town Square Live 4/5/23) READ MORE>>>>>
