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Akin appeals to Christians, draws prayer support
30 people - THIRTY - held a prayer rally and this is newsworthy - why?!?!
Several years ago I participated in a march to end the war on Iraq that drew 200 people. And this very same newspaper deemed it not newsworthy. Our press releases and phone calls were ignored.
Liberal media, my ass.
JEFFERSON CITY -- Republican Senate candidate Todd Akin stood with his eyes closed and head bowed Saturday in the center of Missouri's Capitol, surrounded by Christians who laid their hands on his shoulders as they lifted up prayers for him to God in the closing weeks of his campaign against Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill.
The prayer service, which was not publicized by Akin's campaign and did not focus on him exclusively, was nonetheless emblematic of the inroads Akin has made among Christians, who comprise a significant portion of Missouri's electorate. Later Saturday, Akin was campaigning in Springfield with former Arkansas governor and presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, a Baptist pastor turned political commentator who has a strong following among Christians.
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“There are a lot of people who consider themselves to be Christians, and when they come out and vote, it can have a very big influence on elections,” Akin said after the Capitol prayer event.
The prayer service was sponsored in part by Prayer Force One, a group that has been traveling across the country in a bus seeking to unite Christians in prayer. Among those financially supporting Prayer Force One is Missouri's Republican gubernatorial candidate Dave Spence, who also took a turn standing in the Capitol Rotunda as people huddled around him in prayer Saturday.
The event was not large. It drew about 30 people, two-thirds of whom joined in the prayer circle. Spence, who is challenging Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon, said he was involved in the event because of the importance of prayer, not politics.
Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2012/10/20/3876156/akin-appeals-to-christians-draws.html#storylink=cpy
The prayer service, which was not publicized by Akin's campaign and did not focus on him exclusively, was nonetheless emblematic of the inroads Akin has made among Christians, who comprise a significant portion of Missouri's electorate. Later Saturday, Akin was campaigning in Springfield with former Arkansas governor and presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, a Baptist pastor turned political commentator who has a strong following among Christians.
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“There are a lot of people who consider themselves to be Christians, and when they come out and vote, it can have a very big influence on elections,” Akin said after the Capitol prayer event.
The prayer service was sponsored in part by Prayer Force One, a group that has been traveling across the country in a bus seeking to unite Christians in prayer. Among those financially supporting Prayer Force One is Missouri's Republican gubernatorial candidate Dave Spence, who also took a turn standing in the Capitol Rotunda as people huddled around him in prayer Saturday.
The event was not large. It drew about 30 people, two-thirds of whom joined in the prayer circle. Spence, who is challenging Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon, said he was involved in the event because of the importance of prayer, not politics.
Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2012/10/20/3876156/akin-appeals-to-christians-draws.html#storylink=cpy
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