{"id":9581,"date":"2001-12-24T19:04:58","date_gmt":"2001-12-25T00:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/?p=9581"},"modified":"2011-07-12T19:08:11","modified_gmt":"2011-07-13T00:08:11","slug":"1904","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/2001\/12\/24\/1904\/","title":{"rendered":"Pastor Plays Key Role in New Institute of Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MANCHESTER, NH (December 24, 2001)\u00a0 &#8211; A $3.35 million federal grant has been awarded to the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College in Manchester.<!--more--><\/p>\n<div>Dale Kuehne of Bethany Covenant Church in Bedford, New Hampshire, founded the institute and serves as its director. Kuehne&#8217;s work has helped the institute secure a total of $9.2 million in federal assistance, including a $4 million grant in January. The grants were secured with the aid of U.S. Sen. Judd Gregg of New Hampshire.<\/p>\n<div>Kuehne took a leave of absence from teaching to help the school expand its programs. He will resume teaching in September and a new director will be hired. Besides working at St. Anselm, Kuehne serves as part-time interim pastor of Emmanuel Covenant Church in nearby Nashua.<\/p>\n<div>A teacher at St. Anselm for eight years, Kuehne found during the 1996 presidential primary in New Hampshire a good opportunity to engage students in the political process. He approached St. Anselm administrators with the idea of expanding the school&#8217;s political studies program, a move that has enjoyed wide support, both inside and outside of the school. Two years ago, the school received $1.85 million, much of it to renovate a 20,000-square-foot facility provided by the federal government.<\/p>\n<div>A portion of the recent grant will help complete construction. Classrooms, research and resource centers and meeting rooms are already being used. A 300-seat auditorium and media center are expected to be finished by fall. The institute will host political debates, lectures and town meetings that will be open to the public, anticipating a busy schedule during the next presidential campaign season.<\/p>\n<div>The center will have four research centers: New Hampshire politics, American politics, international affairs and religion and public life. The latter area is of particular importance to Kuehne, who helped secure then-Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain (Arizona) two years ago for a town meeting at Bethany Covenant.<\/p>\n<div>&#8220;We&#8217;ve always hosted presidential candidates in New Hampshire,&#8221; said Kuehne of St. Anselm. &#8220;And since I&#8217;m lining up candidates at the college, it&#8217;s not hard for me to put on my pastor&#8217;s cap and approach candidates about coming to local churches.<\/p>\n<div>&#8220;I believe in the deepest part of my being that the gospel has implications for the entirety of our lives,&#8221; Kuehne continued as he discussed the necessity for Christians to understand political issues. &#8220;(John) Calvin said that politics was the highest of all civil callings, and it&#8217;s really important for the church to participate in public life. Because civic life is so important, the stakes are high and it gets pretty dirty. I think that has caused many churches to remove themselves from politics. I think that&#8217;s a big mistake. 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