Bush chose Don Eberly of Lancaster, Pennsylvania to head the transition team of six to develop the new office of faith-based action. Eberly, who converted to evangelical Christianity at a tent-revival meeting, and who once studied for the ministry, believes that evangelical Christians need to shape the culture. The top three officers in the US House of Representatives are evangelical Christians. But Christians are not heading powerful newspapers, television stations, film studios, academic institutions, and network news - you search far and wide to find Christians in those arenas. Too many have behaved as though politics is on a par with the church in the life of a Christian.
Culture is of higher importance than law making.
The problems of violence, alienation, and anger at the collapse of the family, the sexual mores - these all come directly from the culture. Legislative answers to these problems do not exist. Eberly, a past member of the Council for National Policy, is involved with a number of conservative non-profit organizations, including the National Fatherhood Initiative, the Civil Society Project, the Commonwealth Foundation, the Institute for American Values, George Gallup International Institute, Council on Civil Society, National Commission on Civil Renewal, and the Healthy Culture Initiative. Of the clergy attending the Austin meeting, only one, Daniel Lapin, was a rabbi. Lapin, a popular speaker at the Christian Coalition's annual Road to Victory conference, is well known for his support of the Christian Right agenda.