There is a burden on my heart: alignment with politics and political ideologies has hurt the church’s witness. Whenever the people of God become more known for a party, a platform, or a political fight than for Jesus Christ, something has gone wrong.
Jesus did not call the church to be the voice of man-made religion. He called us to be salt and light in the earth. He said, “You are the light of the world” and told us to let our light shine so people would see our good works and glorify our Father in heaven (Matthew 5:14–16).
Man-made religion does not produce the works of righteousness. It may produce noise, pride, division, and outward appearance, but it cannot produce the heart of God. Scripture says that people can have “a form of godliness” while denying its power (2 Timothy 3:5). That is a dangerous place for the church to be.
The religion God receives is not empty performance. James says, “Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father” is to care for the vulnerable and to keep ourselves unspotted from the world (James 1:27). True faith will always move us toward mercy, holiness, humility, and obedience.
The worship God seeks is not political loyalty dressed up in spiritual language. Jesus said, “The true worshipers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth” (John 4:23–24). God is not looking for a church that bows to culture, power, or popularity. He is looking for people whose hearts belong fully to Him.
I sensed in the Spirit that a shift had occurred in the nation. Not just politically, but spiritually. It felt like a revealing. God was showing what many hearts had trusted in. Some trusted in government more than God. Some trusted in ideology more than Scripture. Some defended political positions more passionately than they defended the gospel.
This is the question we must ask honestly: Has the church compromised what we believe in order to gain influence, acceptance, comfort, or power?
If our witness causes people to see more of our politics than our Savior, we need to repent. If our speech sounds more like anger than the fruit of the Spirit, we need to return to the altar. Galatians 5:22–23 reminds us that the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.
The church does not belong to the left or the right. The church belongs to Jesus Christ. He is the head of the body (Colossians 1:18). Our first allegiance is not to a nation, a candidate, or a movement. Our first allegiance is to the Kingdom of God.
We are called to seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness (Matthew 6:33). That means we must measure every belief, every loyalty, every opinion, and every public stand by the Word of God, not by the spirit of the age.
This is a time for the church to come back to pure worship, pure devotion, and pure witness. We must come back to prayer. We must come back to holiness. We must come back to loving our neighbors, caring for the hurting, speaking truth with grace, and representing Jesus well.
May the Lord cleanse His church from every false altar. May He restore our witness. May people see Christ in us again.
Minister A Francine Green, August 2026