POLITICS AND
CALVARY UNITY
Resources
Webinar
"Across the Pew: Politics and Christian Unity." With our families, coworkers, neighbors, and brothers and sisters in Christ across the political spectrum, we are nearing an election full of tension, dissension, and weariness. This Zoom webinar focus on navigating this season with conviction and charity, in conversation with Dr. Vincent Bacote, Director of the Center for Applied Christian Ethics, and Dr. Josh Chatraw, Executive Director of the Center for Public Christianity.
Essay
How do the liberal and conservative impulses fit together, and how should they influence a Christian’s political engagement? This essay, written by Pastor Gerald Hiestand, offers a Christian perspective on the animating impulses of conservative and liberal political engagement.
Podcast
Are there legitimate "conservative" and "liberal" impulses in the Christian faith? How does personality and temperament relate to political affiliation for church leaders and congregants? How can pastors shepherd their congregations well during a time of heightened political polarization? The podcast of the Center for Pastor Theologians invited Calvary’s Senior Pastor Gerald Hiestand to discuss these and other questions.
Sermons
Pastor Gerald Hiestand
October 2020
Pastor Todd Wilson
October 2016
“As the people of God, we must continually strive to embrace both impulses of Christianity—the foundational conservative impulse, as well as the liberal end for which the conservative impulse exists.”