come on baby
you you got the checkbook
if ever
conservative christian people
faithful people are going to run it's
now i don't think we can wait
tiffany's are coming on where she's at
how do you want your name on the ballot
cameron l mcneil
my campaign motto was faith freedom and
family
and every decision that i made as a
county commissioner that's
that's in my mind
read all of this first line here this is
all your campaign information i've now
been a county commissioner basically a
year and i'll file for re-election so
i've got to run again
i really am surprised nobody filed i
figured i'd be the first one they'd file
against just to kind of put me in the
place pastor cameron mcgill is one of
dozens of christian faith leaders
running for local office in north
carolina
many of the candidates were recruited
and trained by the american renewal
project
right here
i don't know i'm looking for my staff
member
we want you to have a seat because we
want to start on time and we're going to
quit on times
david lane has a vision i'd like to
share it with you
restore righteousness in the public
square
simply put
by every church in america with a person
pastor
ministry leader layperson
actively serving in one of the
grassroots offices
of their community
there's no such thing as the separation
of church and state the first amendment
is to keep the
state out of the church i mean my goal
is to restore america to our
judeo-christian heritage and
re-establish a biblically based culture
that's what my goal is is we're
interested in the local races because
that's going to be where the magic
begins they don't need to be running for
congress and governor and u.s senate
they need to start out city council
county commission school board if
they're going to be effective i'm going
to count to three and let them hear you
pray for them would you do that one two
three preach
our goal is really 20 pastors in 2022
running for local office we're going to
prove the model in north carolina
amen all god's people said amen
in a rural county in eastern north
carolina mcgill serves as a baptist
pastor he was inspired to run for office
by the american renewal project
which touts him as proof their
initiative can be successful good
morning lake church for those gathered
here at white lake christian camden
retreat center and for those joining us
through facebook live what a blessing to
be in the lord's house there are those
that think my election was a little bit
of a fluke or an anomaly a preacher
running it's kind of interesting let's
stand to our feet as we worship the lord
in spirit and in truth in 2019
my wife and i traveled with the american
renewal project folks to the holy land
and that just really made a mark on my
heart
and so we came back not having a clue
what 2020 was going to bring and of
course the coveted culture that that
determined that churches were not
essential and man just the the
realization of how
fragile our freedoms have become
mcgill ran for bladen county commission
in a special election in 2020 and he won
we're seeing our freedom slip away more
and more
we exist in a bottom-up not a top-down
government there are times that you
realize boy whatever the decision i make
it's going to affect
this county
it's going to determine whether people
in this county are forced to take a
vaccine or forced to wear a mask or
forced to you know do any of a number of
things
which in all reality you know i don't
think our government was set up to have
that much power and authority but it is
at this point there so i realized when i
make this vote
there's you know
30 000 people that are going to pay the
consequences for a bad decision and reap
the benefits of a good decision so i
better make sure it's the right vote if
we allow the government to dictate this
what next it's not being about pro or
anti-backs it's about allowing the
freedom of medical choice
now heading into the 2022 primaries he's
hoping to get reelected to the bladen
county commission thank you for your
patience i know it was a long night
he's running unopposed
ladies and gentlemen it's all of our job
and it's my privilege to introduce you
to our lieutenant governor mr mark
robinson
to recruit more christian leaders to run
for local office the american renewal
project has enlisted mark robinson
north carolina's lieutenant governor
you see
i'm an elected official some stuff i'm
not supposed to say
they tell me i'm not supposed to say
you know you can't say that because if
you say that the swing voters gonna get
managers dang don't vote for you you
ain't gonna win your next election
state democrats have called for his
resignation over some of his
controversial comments
at this point he's saying things that
need to be said about the culture and he
said the people that are bringing
homosexuality and transgenderism and
that kind of filth to public education
that's going to stop well from the
evangelical standpoint and the pro-life
catholic standpoint that's music to our
ears i feel compelled to continue to say
that word
filth because we have a filth problem in
this country right now
that is my duty as an elected official
is to protect people's rights but as a
christian it's also my right to espouse
my beliefs and those two things don't
have to cross it's time for us to start
standing up like john the baptist ready
to give our heads for the causes of this
glorious freedom that god has given us
you're going to join in the fight
or you're going to sit in the foxhole
shake it in your shoes
god bless you all god bless this church
and god bless the great state of north
carolina thank you
over the course of the last year
hundreds of church leaders across north
carolina have attended lane's events
aspiring candidates went on to attend
the organization's campaign workshops
what we're going to do today is a lot
different from anything you've been to
before under the umbrella of the north
carolina renewal project this is
candidate training we're going to try to
do some basic 101 campaigns we're going
to talk communications we're going to
talk finance we're going to talk some
basic according to lane they have
recruited 50 pastors and church leaders
who are currently running for office
across the state
there were a lot of
monday morning quarterbacks when it came
to the political world and now we're
helping people know you can you can
you can get in the game if you are
currently currently a candidate would
you come forward and just stand with me
we're going to say a blessing over you
in the wake of their success american
renewal project has expanded its model
to five additional states
their goal is to get evangelical faith
leaders ready to run in 2024. but father
there's so much more to do
in jesus name everybody said
back in texas we say let's go home
that's what we say
god bless you i'm glad you came please
take a moment if you've got questions