Baptist Preacher calls for prayer in order to summon evangelical President

Whatever happened to mobilizing voters? This specific preacher asks the very question I've spent answering for the last couple monts: Where is God in the 2008 Election?

Clearly, he hasn't been paying much attention. However, maybe he's right in a way. I don't want to lambast him for calling his congregation to prayer in order for God to bring the evangelical community an appropriate leader. Yet, it seems to me that this kind of inaction on the part of evangelical voters won't lead to much solidarity.

I see the same problem with the "evangelical community" as I do with the "youth vote." Both are nearly indefinable, as there are myriad individual views within these way-too-broad categories. But, just as 18-year-olds are still waiting for their parents to change the political state of our country instead of trying to do it themselves, simply praying for change will not allow it to happen. Remember: millions upon millions of Christians with viewpoints opposite or conflicting will be praying for what they want as well. I'd imagine that God probably won't choose "favorites" among His children (though some might disagree), and that he might leave it to us on this one.


ADDENDUM: While we're on the Religion & Politics kick, here's a nice outline of some of the major stories from 2007 from the fine religion blog over at the Dallas Morning News, which sets the stage for the coming election on the faith-based front.