January 1st begins Christia Couple's walk to Reclaim America

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JAN. 1ST BEGINS CHRISTIAN COUPLE’S WALK TO RECLAIM AMERICA

2,800-mile trek across nation will include prayer, rallies, and sharing faith

LOS ANGELES (December 22, 2005) --- An Ohio couple will leave Los Angeles January 1st on day one of their 2,800 mile intercessory prayer walk across America. Rick and Jane McKinney will kick off their Walk to Reclaim America at California’s Santa Monica Pier on New Year’s Day, and over the next several months will make their way across America’s heartland, arriving in Washington, DC on July 4, 2006.

"Our emphasis will be interceding for our country and its people,” said Rick McKinney. “Lots of great spiritual awakenings have happened throughout history, but they have all begun with prayer, and so we’re going to be praying for our country.”

McKinney said a second emphasis of the walk will be encouraging Christians to take a stand for righteousness and spiritual renewal in America. “We’ll be doing that mostly through Reclaim America rallies,” he explained. “We'll be walking Monday through Saturday and then on Sunday we’ll stop for rallies in churches and city parks.”

McKinney said they will be encouraging Christians along the route to join in their effort. “We’re hoping to build a real momentum so that as more and more folks hear about this walk to reclaim our nation’s spiritual heritage, they’ll be motivated to pray and work for a change in their own communities and areas,” he said.

“We’re really praying our effort will be part of what God is doing to bring spiritual renewal across this nation,” said McKinney, who served as a pastor for 20 years. “We feel strongly that the Walk to Reclaim America will help in three distinct ways -- through intercessory prayer for America, through encouraging other believers to live out their faith in visible ways, and through interacting with people from all walks of life as we – and others involved with us – share our faith.”

McKinney emphasized that the Walk to Reclaim America is not in any way political. “We don’t want anyone to misunderstand our intentions,” he said.

“We’re not doing this to bring political change, or to raise money for a political cause. In fact, we don't even believe that the kind of change America needs can be accomplished by legislative means. This kind of change can only be accomplished when hearts and lives are changed from the inside out, one person at a time.”

Added Jane McKinney, “We feel it's time for Christians to reclaim the great spiritual heritage of freedoms, families, and faith that America was founded upon. It's time to call this nation back to the truths that brought God's blessings in the past.”

She said that most importantly, it’s time to call America back to a living, relevant faith in a living and relevant God. “That is the only thing that will enable us to deal with the threats and dangers our nation is facing and give us hope for a blessed future,” she said.

For more information about the Walk to Reclaim America, or to find out how your church or ministry can get involved in this national ministry outreach, please visit www.walktoreclaimamerica.com


Media Contact:
Rick McKinney, President
Walk to Reclaim America, Inc.
1-866-462-7464

[Grimmlok]

Aren't there enough theocracies in the world?

[Barbara]

^^ I think they focus on faith, not power.

[buttmunch]

[quote][Rick and Jane McKinney will kick off their Walk to Reclaim America at California’s Santa Monica Pier on New Year’s Day, and over the next several months will make their way across America’s heartland, arriving in Washington, DC on July 4, 2006./QUOTE]


How much you wanna bet el Shrubbo will be on hand to meet them...that is, unless he's at his annual extended holiday in Crawford (although I'll bet he'd fly back to DC just for a chance at this photo op).

[ourmaninBusan]

“We feel it's time for Christians to reclaim the great spiritual heritage
of freedoms, families, and faith that America was founded upon. It's
time to call this nation back to the truths that brought God's blessings
in the past....

...or there'll be hell to pay."

[buttmunch]

Yeah, because America is a Christian country, right? And the founders weren't at all concerned about religion dominating the country, right? In fact, it can't possibly be true that a number of the most prominent founders were either confirmed atheists or no big fans of organized religion. No, no, none of that could be true because AMERICA IS A CHRISTIAN COUNTRY, DAMMIT!

[ourmaninBusan]

There is a tendency to presume that certain quotes made by the
founding fathers reinforce -- and practically demand -- a Christian
education for all citizens. However, a number of these quotes
are countered by measures designed to prevent giving powers
to the Church that ought to be handled by state or federal officials:

[quote]Atheists

George Washington as writing, "The government
of the United States is not in any sense founded upon the Christian Religion."
...it’s the second best piece of evidence, after the Constitution itself,
that the founders meant for this to be a nonChristian nation.

The quote actually comes from a treaty with Tripoli that was written by
Joel Barlow, a friend of Thomas Paine. It was signed in November 1796,
near the end of Washington’s second term, and sent to the Senate for
ratification by President John Adams in May 1797. It was ratified in a rare
unanimous recorded vote, including "Yea" votes from both of the
two Senators from the brand new State of Tennessee, William Blount
and William Cocke. The treaty was signed by Adams on 10 June 1797
and proclaimed by him to the nation. It was reprinted in many of the
newspapers of the day....

The treaty and its language have been controversial in several regards—
but the controversies affect these facts not at all.

from rationalists.org (see link)

[Grimmlok]

Originally Posted by Barbara

^^ I think they focus on faith, not power.

Point me to a religion that doesn't lust for power.

[western]

Originally Posted by Grimmlok

Point me to a religion that doesn't lust for power.

Baha'i Faith?

[Barbara]

Originally Posted by Grimmlok

Point me to a religion that doesn't lust for power.

I was talking about this couple, not the religion behind them.
And religions are not the only organized systems to be after power.

[Grimmlok]

Historically speaking, religions tend to be the most widespread, vicious and dominating when it comes to powergrabbing.

[Barbara]

With the exception of market economy.

I'm not defending religions because I'm quite wary of them too. But I won't bash those two for doing something they think their faith inspires them to do. God bless them and happy new year!