King HOSTS CONFERENCE on
civic involvement for IOWA
FAith Community
Leaders of National Family
Values Community, Tony
Perkins, Tom Minnery, Gene
Mills, Mark Earley in
Attendance to Work with Iowa
Pastors
SIOUX CITY
- U.S. Congressman Steve
King today hosted a
conference in Sioux City and
Council Bluffs for Iowa
ministers to meet with
national leaders of the
evangelical and family
values community.
King organized the "Faith
and Freedom Conference" to
give Iowa pastors the
opportunity to discuss the
role of faith in the
foundation and the future of
the country, bringing
leaders of the family values
community to Sioux City to
meet with the pastors. Among
those who addressed the
group were Tony Perkins of
the Family Research Council,
Tom Minnery of Focus on the
Family, Gene Mills of the
Louisiana Family Forum and
Mark Earley of Prison
Fellowship.
"Tony Perkins, Tom Minnery,
Gene Mills and Mark Earley
fight every day to preserve
the role of the family as
the backbone of this
nation," said King. "As
believers and as citizens,
we have a responsibility to
continue to seek God's
guidance in our daily
activities and apply His
principles to our civic
involvement for the future
of the nation."
"The role of faith in the
lives of our Founding
Fathers tells us that faith
will be an important guide
in the future of the
country," added King.
The leaders and pastors
discussed topics that ranged
from civic involvement to
employing the power of the
church network in disasters
such as Hurricane Katrina
and using Christian
principles to set an example
of volunteerism within
communities and the country.
Tony Perkins is the
President of the Washington,
D.C. based
Family Research Council.
Perkins
and FRC have led the way in
defending religious freedom
in the public square,
protecting the unborn and
their mothers, defending and
strengthening one man/one
woman marriage and promoting
pro-family public policy.
Perkins hosts a weekly
national radio program,
"Washington Watch Weekly."
Tom Minnery has been the
Vice President of Public
Policy for
Focus on the Family
since 1988, and is the
author of "Why You Can't
Stay Silent: A Biblical
Mandate to Shape our
Culture." Minnery trains and
equips people for civic
involvement. Drawing on his
training at Trinity
Evangelical Divinity School,
his time as a Capitol Hill
correspondent for Gannett
newspapers, and his
experience as the senior
editor at
Christianity Today,
Minnery focuses on exposing
the power of people of faith
to change the course of
history.
Gene Mills is the Executive
Director of the
Louisiana Family Forum.
As
an ordained minister and
highly sought-after
motivational speaker, Mills
brings more than twenty
years of experience in
working with pro-life and
pro-family issues to the
table. Gene's
leadership with the
Louisiana Pastor's Resource
Council has helped to
establish a statewide
network of pastors and
ministry leaders. The
Pastor's Resource Council
and
PRC Compassion played a
key role in hurricane
recovery in Louisiana since
last summer.
Mark Earley is the President
and CEO of Prison Fellowship
USA. Since its start in 1976
by Chuck Colson, Prison
Fellowship has spread to 108
countries to fellowship with
Jesus, visit prisoners and
welcome their children.
Prison Fellowship works with
churches and volunteers
across the country to
disciple prisoners and
prepare them to re-enter the
community and minister to
their children. Early has
served as a State Senator
and Attorney General of
Virginia.
