The sermons of a North Carolina pastor turned congressional candidate have become fodder for political attacks and reports in national media outlets -- especially his preaching on the family and gender roles.
But Mark Harris, former pastor of First Baptist Church in Charlotte who is running as a Republican in North Carolina's 9th congressional district, told Baptist Press it should not be regarded as a "news flash" that a "Baptist preacher preaches the Bible." Past sermons, he added, don't "really have any bearing on electing a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives."
"It's important that we understand family is the foundation of our society and the foundation of American culture," Harris said, but his political opponents are attempting "to create a distraction. They won't talk about the issues, such as GDP being up 4.1 percent in the second quarter. And they won't talk about the lowest...
