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Our mission is to inform, encourage and mobilize pastors and their congregations to be proactive in restoring Judeo-Christian values to the moral and civic framework in their communities, states, and our nation.
Vision America believes this mission can be achieved through the effective implementation of the "A M E R I C A" Plan ... a seven step program to effective Christian citizenship.
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Core Values
The United States of America has come to a critical moment in its history. The challenge, which confronts us today, is neither economic nor military. It is moral. Our nation is abandoning the bedrock moral values, which are our heritage from God, and the very foundation of our liberty. There are those in America, whose goal is nothing less than the transformation of our country in their own image, who openly ridicule and belittle people of faith. They seek to silence our witness and to banish Christianity from the public square. We cannot allow this to happen!
Christian involvement in civil government is not optional. It is an essential part of our calling from God to be salt and light in a dying culture. God’s people in Christ must address the great moral issues now before the nation. The church has been entrusted by Almighty God with the tools necessary to reverse America’s moral decline and effect lasting change if only she will engage in this momentous struggle before it is too late!
Vision America exists to mobilize God’s pastors throughout this land to stand together as His faithful spokesmen once again. Our passion is to rekindle the "fires of righteousness" which once burned so brightly in America’s pulpits. We hold to the following core values and have shaped the ministry of Vision America around them. We seek faithful pastors who believe as we do and who will stand with us for our God and for our country.
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- We believe in
The
Sanctity of Human Life
We believe the Word of God teaches that human life is
sacred because humankind is created in the image and
after the likeness of God. An absolute commitment to the
unique value and sanctity of human life is fundamental
to a nation that honors Almighty God. Vision America is
committed to the preservation and protection of every
human life from conception to natural death. We are
determined and committed to bring an end to America’s
abortion holocaust. We steadfastly oppose cloning, stem
cell research, euthanasia and any other practice or
policy inconsistent with our conviction that human life
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We
believe in
The
Sanctity of Marriage and Family
We believe that God instituted marriage and family as
the basic building block of human culture. We further
believe that God has established marriage as a sacred
covenant between a man and a woman for life. And so it
was for almost 200 years as our country grew and
prospered under God’s hand. Yet, within our
generation, America’s families have been devastated by
rampant divorce, lack of personal responsibility, and a
challenge to the very institution of marriage by the
homosexual community. As One Nation Under God, we
believe the laws and civil institutions of our land
should promote and protect stable marriages. We oppose
legal sanction of same-sex "civil unions" or
marriages as a perversion of the Creator’s intent.
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We
believe in
Personal
Decency and Moral Integrity
We believe God established human sexuality for the
physical expression of love and commitment between a man
and a woman in holy marriage. Apart from that divine
intent, sexual activity becomes nothing more or less than
the selfish manipulation of another human being for
personal satisfaction or financial gain. America is
currently drowning in a polluted sea of promiscuity,
pornography, and perversion. The abuse of human sexuality,
whether in illicit personal activities or through the vast
influence of the visual and print media, diminishes our
humanity and degrades those who indulge in it. We believe
that the practice of personal decency and the standards of
high moral integrity must be restored in America.
Therefore, we support the enforcement and the
strengthening of legislation restricting the exploitation
and/or proliferation of pornography in any form.
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We
believe in
Religious Liberty
We
believe that freedom of religion is the foundation of
America’s liberty. That freedom was significantly eroded
in recent decades as the Bible, along with religious
symbols and expression have been banished from the public
square. The identification and condemnation of sin on the
basis of Holy Scripture has come to be regarded as
"hate speech" by many. We oppose any and every
attempt to suppress or to marginalize the free expression
of religion in America. Further, we support the immediate
removal of IRS regulations, which severely restrict the
ability of pastors to speak out on issues under political
debate within the nation.
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