—Restoring Righteousness— David Lane, Founder and President of the American Renewal Project has a vision: Restore righteousness in the public square by every church in America with a pastor, ministry leader, lay person actively serving in one of the grass roots offices of their community. Lane says, “There’s no such thing as the separation of Church and state. The first amendment is to keep the state out of the Church. My goal is to restore America to its Judeo-Christian heritage and reestablish a Biblically based culture. We’re interested in the local races because that’s going to be where the magic begins.” Their Restoration events are reaching hundreds of church leaders across North Carolina and they have expanded their model across 50 states.