Voter Registration at Church

What do I think of this practice: Having someone at church set up to register folks to vote...is it OK? 

I think it is really best to register people to vote somewhere besides church. Have pamphlets available so people know where else to go to register, but Sunday should be about God and worshiping Him. I don't think taking the focus off of God for political activism is worthwhile. Politics and doing the 'right thing' aren't going to strengthen the body for the labors to be done that week, nor will it transform a life. 

What of people visiting the church for the first time...is there a chance voter registration would hinder them really understanding the purpose of the church? 

Regardless of what you think of that, to me it's just not something that really needs to be brought in to church. I continue to believe that if a pastor is teaching rightly in a Christian church, the members will be moved by God to do what they ought to do, which is vote and vote pro-life.

I've heard it said that politics turns the mission field into the enemy. This always gives me pause.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The more I study the Old Testament and see the holiness of God, I find it rather appalling some of the things that go on in churches. I wrote this post in Feb 2013, and now it is Feb 2026 and I'm updating to say that voter registration has no part in a Bible preaching and teaching church. It is outrageous to me. If Christians are going to be too lazy or apathetic to do the right thing, then let God do what He wills, but the church is for the called out body of believers to worship Jesus Christ, be instructed in righteousness, serve the body, and exhort one another. Politics are a mess and they should be left outside the one place we go to be corporately together as worshippers of holy God.