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Parsley Wimps Out

We noted yesterday(link is external) that the Alliance Defense Fund is moving ahead with its “Pulpit Initiative” effort whereby dozens of pastors and churches will risk their tax-exempt status by openly defying IRS rules against explicitly endorsing candidates from the pulpit – but it looks like at least one high-profile pastor won’t be joining them(link is external):

The Rev. Rod Parsley's 12,000-member World Harvest Church in Columbus won't be participating, said Debbie Stacy, director of Parsley's Center for Moral Clarity.

Considering that the church has already had its own run-ins(link is external) with the IRS and Parsley has already been humiliated(link is external) on the national stage, it’s not very surprising that he decided to sit this one out.