Christian ministries target entry-level government offices to seed future policymakers with Bible study.

Evidence

Praising the Capitol Ministries program as “the highest quality material I have ever seen,” Bachmann explains, “Every week it plumbs deep into different biblical issues, which incidentally tend to intersect with the decisions we are making every day in Washington, D.C.” The Drollingers, she says, “are trying to cover the government offices at the beginning levels, which would be your city, your school board, your county offices, all the municipal elections, they want to see Bible studies there. Because they know the people who start at that level tend to want to move up and serve in their state senate and serve in your state house.” From there, she says, “people tend to go on to serving in Congress and in the Senate.” — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers, 192

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Evangelical ministries now operate Bible studies inside the UN and State Department — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers: Inside the…, 177; Christian nationalist Bible-study groups aim to saturate every level of US government — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers: Inside the…, 179; Trump’s cabinet drew members from prior Capitol Ministries Bible study groups. — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers: Inside the…, 195

Broader Connections

• Trump’s cabinet drew members from prior Capitol Ministries Bible study groups. #exemplifies (0.95) — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers, 195