ADF Church Alliance releases election guide for churches
New resource to help church leaders navigate 2020 election season
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Alliance Defending Freedom’s Church Alliance has released “Five Things to Know: A Legal Guide for Churches” to prepare churches for the 2020 election. Because churches often receive conflicting information about what can be said or done during election season, the ADF Church Alliance developed the resource to clarify many common misconceptions.The guide, available at www.2020LegalGuide.com, provides basic boundaries for approaching the upcoming election season, particularly the legal nuances of what pastors and people of faith can and cannot do on behalf of the church when it comes to engaging in the political arena. The guide will focus on five key areas: sermons and speeches, general education of voters, use of church facilities, lobbying, and financial support.
“We are grateful for every church leader who reads this guide and speaks biblical truth into the issues of the day,” said ADF Senior Counsel Ryan Tucker, director of the ADF Center for Christian Ministries. “Churches have a unique opportunity to encourage those under their care to act with Christian conviction and make their voices heard in the public square. ADF is here to let churches know they have robust religious liberty protections to enable them to do so.”
The ADF Church Alliance is an affordable membership program that serves as a hub for churches to receive governing document reviews; legal resources, advice, and counsel; and pro-bono representation in court, if appropriate and necessary.
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ABOUT Ryan Tucker
Ryan Tucker serves as senior counsel and director of the Center for Christian Ministries with Alliance Defending Freedom. He oversees all litigation efforts to maintain and defend the constitutionally protected freedom of churches, Christian ministries and religious schools to exercise their rights under the First Amendment. Prior to joining ADF, Tucker engaged in private practice for over 16 years with a litigation boutique law firm in San Antonio, Texas, eight of those as a partner. His portfolio included all aspects of civil litigation, both state and federal, with a particular focus on commercial and complex business disputes. Tucker earned his Juris Doctor at Baylor Law School, where he was a senior editor of the Baylor Law Review. He obtained his bachelor of business administration in management at Texas A&M University, where he graduated cum laude. A member of the state bar in Texas and Arizona, Tucker is admitted to practice in the U.S. Supreme Court and multiple federal district and appellate courts.