- Sen. Ted Cruz
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Press Release on Pastor Paul Blair Endorsement
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | Rick Tyler |
News Release | Catherine Frazier |
January 13, 2016 |
Cruz for President Announces Endorsement of Pastor Paul Blair
Evangelical Influencer Supports Cruz for President
HOUSTON, Texas
- Presidential candidate Ted Cruz today announced the endorsement of
Paul Blair, President of Reclaiming America for Christ and the pastor
of Fairview Baptist Church.
Blair
was raised in Edmond, Oklahoma, and spent five years in the NFL. Since
2001, he has served as the Senior Pastor of Fairview Baptist Church in
Edmond, Oklahoma. Pastor Blair speaks around the United States on the
topics of Christian apologetics, a biblical worldview, Islam, and the
nation’s Christian heritage. He is also a member of the Council for
National Policy.
Pastor
Blair was named Oklahoma’s Pastor of the Year by Bott Radio Network,
and National Pastor of the Year in 2011 by Vision America. His radio
ministry, Exploring the Word, airs weekdays on Bott Radio Network in
Oklahoma, and received the Excellence in Broadcasting Award this year.
“I
have been a voter for 34 years,” Pastor Blair said. “There are several
very committed followers of Jesus Christ in this race, some of whom I
have supported in the past. However, I am endorsing Ted Cruz for the
office of President of these United States. Senator Ted Cruz has the
knowledge and the character to rip the Washington cartel out by the
roots, restore limited Constitutional government, and re-align the
proper balance of power between Washington DC, and the sovereign
states.”
“Ted
is a born again, Bible-believing Christian and family man,” Blair
continued. “He has a proven record - a history of fighting for liberty,
first as Solicitor General for Texas and now as U.S. Senator. And while
the ‘conservative’ candidate often doesn’t have the organization or the
money to win, Ted Cruz has both. Washington has illegally acquired too
much power. With a bankrupt Social Security system, $19 trillion of
federal debt, and the Middle East on fire, we cannot afford to elect
another president who will abuse the Constitution.”
“Pastor
Blair has been a leader for life and marriage in Oklahoma and beyond,”
Ted Cruz said. “I am honored to have the support of Pastor Blair, who
has been a friend of natural marriage and an advocate for unborn life.
He set out to walk in the footsteps of the colonial pastors who fought
for “liberty from tyranny,” and he has done so. I’m grateful for Pastor
Blair’s willingness to be a ‘watchman on the wall.’
In
2008, Blair partnered with the Alliance Defense Fund as a leader of
“Pulpit Freedom Sunday,” in which pastors around the nation challenged
the Johnson Amendment, which banned tax-exempt organizations from
endorsing candidates for public office. He is a leader of the Protect
Life and Marriage OK! petition.
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