The Importance of Civic Political Engagement

It seems to have been forgotten that it was the preaching of John Wesley and George Whitfield that not only gave birth to the great awakenings, but also spared Britain from bloody revolution. It was the constant parliamentary harangues of abolitionists like William Wilberforce that conquered the evil of slavery in Britain and throughout its empire. The preaching of pastors like Martin Luther King Jr. led to the reforms that we collectively called the Civil Rights Movement. If you look closely, you will notice that ministry attracts both the best and worst of men, the best because they want to serve their fellow man.