Capitol Ministries

State Ministries | CM 2018 19 A S PASTOR FRANKLIN SHELTON BEGAN A NEW CAPITOL MINISTRIES® DISCIPLESHIP BIBLE STUDY TO LEGISLA- TORS IN DELAWARE'S LEGISLATIVE HALL, SENIOR PASTORS AND TEAMS IN LOCAL CHURCHES WERE COVERING HIM IN PRAYER. Supportive prayer was used to fortify and strengthen leg- endary Baptist preacher Charles Spurgeon, one of the most powerful evangelists of the 1800s. Pastor Shelton recalled a story about the team of deacons who gathered to pray in a basement room directly beneath the pulpit whenever Spur- geon was preaching. "Prayer is where the power comes from," Pastor Shelton said. "When people are praying God does the preaching." is prayer effort is unifying among churches and import- ant at a time when many pastors are telling congregations not to become involved in politics. "A main reason the nation is in the shape it is in is because too many godly men and women in the pews have been told to sit on the sidelines. Some pastors even tell Christians not to vote, and many tell their members not to engage in the public square. Political leaders are being hit from all sides, and when they are told by their pastors that they are wasting their time in politics, they've got to be rethink- ing their choices. ey need to know they are supported and they need someone inside the capitol to tell them the truth of God's Word. When we get our strength from God, we run on all cylinders." Aer learning about the ministry, the pastors of several Del- aware churches offered to meet with groups from their congre- gations for prayer simultaneously as legislators gather for study, and decided that aerward, they will read the same Bible study together. Six legislators regularly attend Pastor Shelton's weekly lun- cheon Bible study in the caucus room directly off the house floor that was reserved for that purpose by sponsor Rep. Charles Postles Jr., District 33. Spouses are invited to attend. is year Pastor Shelton taught the studies that Ralph Drollinger pre- pared for his Washington, D.C. ministries including Should Believers Be Involved in Politics; Sexual Sin and the Aphrodisiac of Power; Understanding Separation of Church and State; Four Common Characteristics in ree Uncommon Leaders; and Is God Judging America Today? "e Word is our compass," Pastor Shelton said. "We get misguided and misdirected if we miss quiet time with the Lord and miss spending time in God's Word. If we don't hear His voice, we forget His values and then we have no victory. If we are to make a difference in this world, we must look to God's Word. It has been said, this book will keep you from sin, and sin will keep you from this book. We must get right with God. If we are not right with God, we are not good for anybody." The Indian River Bridge over the Indian River Inlet near Bethany, Delaware DELAWARE capital: Dover population: 967,171 governor: John Carney legislature: 62 Members Frank Shelton Ministry Leader Delaware State Capitol

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