Evangelicals in Office? 'We're Asking the Living God to Move into the Public Square of America'

When President Trump returned to the White House, his message resonated with many Americans when he talked about a "revolution of common sense." Now, some conservatives want another revolution: a movement of pastors and parishioners running for political office.

"What we're doing is spiritual, the byproduct is political," says David Lane, the head of the American Renewal Project. His organization has been focusing specifically on the swing state of North Carolina with the goal of convincing 500 North Carolina pastors, spiritual leaders or churchgoers to run for various positions from school board to city council to even Congress.

At a recent event in Raleigh, North Carolina, President Trump videotaped a message to pastors and their wives who assembled at the gathering. "Across the state