An Interview with David Barton Part 4

Tell us about the Republican National Committee employing your services in 2004. How many churches/pastors did you speak at? What was the purpose? Was it successful in your opinion?

It became obvious that if I wanted to help good candidates move forward to the November election, then I needed to get involved in a political party and participate in that party’s primary. Because the platform of the Republican Party on traditional moral issues and religious expressions was much closer to my beliefs than the platform of the Democratic Party, I chose to become involved as a Republican. However, I did not drop my values at the door when I began working in that Party; I brought those values with me. Those values have caused me not only to support many Republicans but also to oppose many. I am deeply involved in the Republican Party, but I still judge each candidate – from any Party – by Biblical standards. Quite frankly, I believe that God is not particularly impressed with any party, but that He is impressed with righteousness; and all parties should pursue it – and all Christians in whatever party should push their party to pursue righteousness. However, parties are the mechanism in this country by which righteousness can be advanced (or inhibited), for it is from parties that candidates are selected; this, therefore, requires the involvement of Christians in the party process if they truly want to be salt and light and preserve the culture.

My activity on behalf of many God-fearing candidates, and on behalf of Judeo-Christian values in the Party platform (as well as my efforts to get other God-fearing citizens to become involved in the party process), caused me to be recognized by other Republicans. Consequently, I have five times been elected as the Vice-Chairman of the Republican Party of Texas – the second highest partisan office in the state. In that role, I have worked diligently to recruit strong candidates for office who reflect the general standards set forth in the Scriptures, and I have worked just as diligently to ensure that our Party’s policies and platform conform to those values.

WallBuilders Involvement

I began speaking about America’s history and heritage in the late 1980s. Since then, I have averaged speaking to between 350 and 450 different groups each year, showing the influence both of Christians and the Bible in our civil institutions – including government, law, military, education, etc. Over the course of a year, I often speak to dozens of pastors’ groups (and thousands of pastors) in state or national denomination conferences, local ministerial groups, pastors’ briefings, etc. It is not uncommon that I will speak to somewhere between 5,000 to 15,000 pastors in a year.