USA (MNN) — How are mission leaders finding their place in God’s story? Jason Woolford, president of Mission Cry, is expanding his mission field to include a political role: that of representative in the Michigan State House.
“For me, personally, I saw religion and politics as spiritual issues when you boil them down to their finite,” he says.
Woolford felt the Lord calling him to run for office after his experience with COVID clampdowns on the church. The unraveling of Christian values across our nation paired with the willingness of believers to give up rights was alarming to him. As a basis for his political service, he points to Psalm 82:3: “Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.”
Matthew 4:4, where Jesus refutes the tempter by proclaiming ‘Man shall not live by bread alone,’ fuels Woolford’s other work: Bible distribution through Mission Cry.
“As the president of Mission Cry, sending the word of God around the world to people – that’s the only thing that doesn’t return void – and then working also as a lawmaker, I see it going hand in hand,” he says.
The work is rewarding, but the responsibility is weighty. Woolford draws strength from the Lord.
“God has called me to both these things, and so it’s a balance that only God himself could be doing right now.”
Mission Cry President Jason Woolford and volunteer JoAnn Walsh. Photo courtesy of Mission Cry.
Whether sending Bibles to 178 nations or working to change unjust laws in Michigan, Woolford knows his work puts him on the front lines of spiritual battle. Please pray for Woolford, his family, and their ministry team.
Acts 1:8 reads, “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
“Michigan at the capitol is the uttermost parts of the earth,” Woolford says, “so I would appreciate the prayers, and I’m very thankful to be serving both globally and at the state level for Michiganders.”
Pray that Mission Cry would raise sufficient funds to send containers filled with Bibles and free books around the world, and pray for partners distributing them. On the home front, pray for Representative Woolford as he storms the spiritual strongholds of Michigan’s political realm.
“That’s going to be a real battle, and so praying specifically that God would give me strength and wisdom and knowledge above and beyond my own, and a Holy Ghost boldness,” he says.
Featured image courtesy of Mission Cry.
