Repentance

Repentance: The Starting Point for Every Public Servant

Many leaders enter office ready to change laws but rarely stop to let the Gospel first change them. Repentance is a clear, visually driven evangelistic and discipleship booklet that walks elected officials through the biblical storyline—from creation to resurrection—and calls them to personal faith, ongoing repentance, and Scripture-shaped policymaking.

What this resource is

• Part of FPIW’s Elected Discipleship Series for civil servants, presenting the Gospel in a way that directly connects sin, salvation, and sanctification to the unique pressures and responsibilities of public office.
• Organized around short “Elected Question: Why is this Biblical Worldview important?” reflections that apply core doctrines to how leaders view authority, gender, law, justice, and their own accountability before God.

Gospel storyline for elected officials

The booklet traces the arc of redemptive history and repeatedly asks what it means for those who govern:

• God Created All Things, Very Good; God Created Male & Female: Establishes God as Creator, defines humanity and gender, and presses leaders to steward—not redefine—His design.
• Adam’s Sin, Separation, and Universal Guilt: Shows how rebellion, deception, and pride shape every human and every government, and why no official is exempt from judgment.
• Christ’s Death, Burial, Resurrection, and Appearances: Proclaims Jesus as the only Savior, explains the significance of real death and real resurrection, and highlights the evidence He provided to over 500 witnesses.
• Repent, Confess, Believe, Deny Yourself, Obey, Proclaim: Calls leaders to a lifestyle of repentance, daily cross-bearing, obedience to Scripture, and uncompromising proclamation of God’s truth in their public role.

Practical tools inside

• “Elected Questions” after each doctrine help leaders connect theology to policy: stewardship vs. control, fear of God vs. fear of man, government’s limits, and the danger of trying to “be like God” through law.
• A Romans Road section (Romans 3, 5, 6, 8, 10) concisely lays out sin, judgment, grace, faith, and assurance of God’s love, making the booklet easy to use in one-on-one conversations.

Ideal audiences and uses

• Sitting officials, candidates, and staff who need more than generic “faith language” and must grapple with clear, biblical calls to salvation and holiness.
• Chaplains, pastors, and Christian advocates who regularly meet with legislators and want a concise, gospel-forward resource to leave in offices or walk through over coffee.
• Churches and prayer teams adopting local or state leaders, using the booklet as a framework for both intercession and outreach.

Integrated with the Defender vision

Repentance complements FPIW’s mission to defend and advance biblical values in the public square by starting at the only place true reform can begin: changed hearts. As leaders respond to the Gospel and as supporters partner with FPIW and FPIW Action, policy work is grounded not just in conservative instinct, but in a living, growing submission to Jesus as Lord over every vote, law, and office.