For God and country: more U.S. pastors seek political office in 2016

“This is a fundamental shift in strategy,” said John Fea, a history professor at Christian Messiah College, who is nevertheless skeptical the effort will produce the desired results. “Rather than forcing this from the top down, this is about a grassroots approach to changing the culture by embedding ministers in local politics from the ground up,” he said...
http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2015/12/11/for-god-and-country-more-u-s-pastors-seek-political-office-in-2016/