The success of America is, at least in part, dependent upon its citizens’ ability to “self-govern,” John Stonestreet says.
“Faith and family are the most obvious” ingredients required for people to be able to govern themselves, says Stonestreet, president of the nonprofit Colson Center and host of the “Breakpoint” podcast. The Colorado Springs, Colo.-based Colson Center was founded by Chuck Colson, who served in the Nixon administration and went on to become one of the most influential Christian thought leaders of his time.
Why?
Because faith and family “play the most significant role in forming us,” he explained. But today, much of the U.S. population has lost sight of these two necessities for self-governance.
According to a recent Gallup poll, 68% of Americans say they identify with a Christian religion, whether in the Protestant or…
