Pastor Joel Hunter, Key Advisor to the President, Leaves the Republican Party

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Florida megachurch pastor Joel Hunter told Christianity Today today in an e-mail that he has left the Republican Party.

For 40 years I was a registered Republican like Paul was a registered Pharisee after he became a follower of Christ - when it furthered the agenda of the Gospel (as I understood it) then I was active as a Rep. When it didn't, I wasn't.

I was never comfortable being identified with a political Party but the hyper-partisanship and the outside voices hijacking legitimate political debate is not something of which I will be a part.

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Source: Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Christianity Today

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