Stumble Free

Stumble Free: A Discipleship Tool for Elected Officials

Stumble Free is a focused devotional and discipleship guide designed to help elected officials walk in holiness, courage, and clarity while serving in the public square. It equips civil servants to resist temptation, cultivate Christlike character, and lead from a distinctly biblical worldview.

What Stumble Free Is

• A concise, scripture-saturated devotional built around 2 Peter 1:5–9, customized for elected officials and civic leaders.
• A guided workbook that moves readers from passive belief to active practice in areas like faith, moral excellence, knowledge, self-control, perseverance, godliness, brotherly kindness, and love.^[1]
• A tool in FPIW’s Defender Elected Discipleship Series, aimed at personal transformation that leads to public impact.

Core Problem It Addresses

Public service magnifies temptation—power, pride, fear of man, sex, greed, and cowardice often intensify under the spotlight of political life. Many Christian officials feel this pressure but lack a simple, practical framework for staying spiritually grounded and morally consistent in office.

Stumble Free answers the question: “How do I keep myself free from walking directly into sin while serving in government?”

Key Features and Structure

• Temptation Assessment: A simple, visual tool for evaluating low, moderate, or high levels of temptation in areas like power, sex, pride, greed, fear of man, and cowardice.
• Biblical Foundation: Repeated engagement with 2 Peter 1:5–9 and other key passages to anchor identity, calling, and conduct in God’s Word.
• Eight Growth Modules: Each paired with journaling and self-evaluation:
  • Faith
  • Moral excellence
  • Knowledge
  • Self-control
  • Perseverance
  • Godliness
  • Brotherly kindness
  • Love
• Reflection & Journaling: Targeted prompts like “Throughout your entire term of office, how will you exercise self-control?” and “As an elected official, what does love look like in practice?”
• Practical Definitions Page: Clear, accessible definitions of virtues (e.g., virtuous living, integrity, justice, courage, humility, giver) to translate theology into daily decisions.

Ideal Audience and Use Cases

• Primary audience:
  • Current and newly elected officials who profess faith in Christ.
  • Staffers, policy advisors, and appointed officials seeking to align their work with a biblical worldview.
• Use contexts:
  • One-on-one discipleship between pastors/mentors and elected officials.
  • Small groups of Christian lawmakers, city council members, school board members, or candidates.
  • Orientation tools for faith-based civic organizations working with emerging leaders.

Ministry Impact and Call to Action

Stumble Free is more than a booklet; it is a strategic tool in FPIW’s mission to defend and advance biblical values in the public square by transforming the hearts and habits of those who hold office. As these qualities “are yours and are increasing,” officials become neither useless nor unfruitful in the true knowledge of Jesus Christ, leading to more faithful, principled governance.

Pairing this devotional with financial partnership strengthens FPIW’s ability to educate, activate, and disciple leaders across Washington State and beyond. Readers are invited to:

• Use Stumble Free personally and with other officials.
• Join FPIW as Washington Defenders and financial partners to help “win back our state” through sustained, biblically grounded engagement.