Politics Come Second for Pastor: ; New Evangelical Leader has Created Waves Among Allies

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EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. - When a presidential campaign contacted the Rev. Leith Anderson to ask for a meeting recently, the president of the National Association of Evangelicals said he had a bigger priority that day.

"I had a wedding or a funeral, I can't remember which," Anderson said, sitting in his book-lined office at the suburban Minneapolis megachurch he has led for 31 years. "Anyway, I don't pre-empt a wedding or a funeral for a presidential candidate. Because I'm a pastor."

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Politics Come Second for Pastor: ; New Evangelical Leader has Created Waves Among Allies

Indeed, Anderson still leads seven services a weekend at Wooddale Church. But the story of the spurned candidate, whom he declined to name, offers some insight into his vision for the NAE - an organization that represents 45,000 chur...

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