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RE: Bautistas chilenos y el Estado
I don't think it's a Baptist's job to influence politics. Baptist's should focus on better mission work and outreach of the Gospel, and trust that God will work in the hearts of those who are and would become politicians.
Thankfully, Baptists in early America did not agree with you. There would likely never have been a Bill of Rights (or later Baptist seminaries and missionaries movements) without the political activism of men like pastors Isaac Backus and John Leland. One must understand that without separation of church and state, Baptists endeavors were constantly stifled. The professors at SBTS and hundreds of churches spawmed a movement in the world to effectively preach the gospel, reduce illiteracy and poverty, and transform social institutions that were and are repugnant to biblical teaching. All of that falls under "mission work" for non-dispensational Christians trying to transform the world for Christ. That is the norm among Baptists historically, both in America and in Chile 1888-1970, not what you are espousing. We do, of course, want God to work in the hearts of future politicians, but we want even more to be able to have the freedom to preach the Gospel to everyone.