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Who We Are
 Christians Reviving America's ValuEs (CRAVE)
is a national, not-for-profit, 501(c)3 organization that was founded
by Pastor Don Swarthout, who frequently repeats CRAVE's slogan, "We CRAVE Revival in our Churches and the Restoration of Godly
Principles in America."
CRAVE prides itself as an organization that actually achieves
results. One of the overall goals of Christians Reviving America's
ValuEs is to defend the rights that we have as Christians and Americans.
Pastor Swarthout elaborates that we have to "get something
done for Christians and all Americans before it is too late." In an effort to get something done and inform them about how their
rights are being stolen, Christians Reviving America's ValuEs
writes 1.5 million letters to Christian Americans every year. The letters cost CRAVE approximately $600,000 per year.
These are some examples of the things that Christians Reviving America's
ValuEs has worked on over the past few years and continues to work
on:
Worked with Senator Sam Brownback who
had introduced a bill to stop the ACLU from being paid with
your tax dollars when they win a case against Religious Freedom
Filed an ethics complaint against Johnny Sutton, prosecutor
in Ramos and Compean case
Initiated petition drive for President Bush to pardon Ignacio
Ramos and Jose Compean
Sponsored an event to counter the San Diego Padres promotion
of homosexual-promoting activities on the same day a family
event was scheduled in 2007
Asked for public hearings and collected petitions in 2006 to
investigate and expose the ACLU for their acquiring huge settlements
in the form of public tax dollars to be used against Christianity
Sponsored a Religious Leadership Summit in Sacramento, California
in 2006
Broadcasted world-wide with radio station WWOL in 2005 to reach
the world for Christ and explain our Christian values
Prepared an Amicus Brief in 2004 for the U.S. Supreme Court
case in 2005 on the Kentucky Ten Commandments case, a brief
that Justices had reportedly said was most important
Held a meeting in Washington D.C., with 35 national ministries,
to discuss the public display of the Ten Commandments in America
in 2003
Attended for all 7 days in 2002, Chief Justice Moore's trial
for placing a 5000 pound Ten Commandments monument in the Alabama
Supreme Court rotunda
Led a drive in 2001 to stop the funding of the National Endowment
of the Arts with our tax dollars, as they had sponsored a play
depicting Jesus Christ as a homosexual
Held a Ten Commandments Rally in Denver, Colorado in 2000 which
was televised live in several cities and featured guest speakers
Judge Roy Moore, Pastor Rick Scarborough, and Pastor Billy Epperhart
and was ultimately covered in the Washington Times newspaper
Coordinated a national media campaign for a large Ten Commandments
Rally of 4,000 people in a Kentucky town of 8,000 featuring
Judge Roy Moore as a speaker, capturing the attention of the
700 Club, the Associated Press, and several local television
stations in 1999.
Raised $33,000 for Chief Justice Roy Moore's Legal Defense
Fund.
Christians Reviving America's ValuEs regularly,
but not exclusively, concentrates on these areas:
- Defending the Ten Commandments and
Protecting other Christian Symbols
- Illegal Immigration and the Improper
Imprisonment of Ramos and Compean
- Exposing the ACLU and its attack on
Christianity funded with our tax dollars
- Radical Islam
- Same-Sex Marriage
- Abortion
In addition, CRAVE is an ever-present
force acting as a "Watchman on the Wall" -- always watching
for other issues that affect our Christian and our American freedoms.
More than 50 press releases have been issued within the past 3
years, resulting in radio interviews in every state and television
interviews nationally, including: Fox News, CNN, CBN, TBN, Daystar
Television, Sky Angel, LeSea Broadcasting, WATC in Atlanta, TCT
Television, KRMT Television in Denver, Rod Parsley, Hal Lindsay
and many others all over America.
Pastor Swarthout is a frequent guest speaker and likes to say,
"We expect a government based upon the principles of God
and NOT upon the lies of the devil."
CRAVE and Pastor Swarthout have also had articles published by
the Associated Press in the nation’s newspapers. In addition
to all of the national news attention received, Swarthout frequently
travels to Washington, D.C. where he frequently makes bold statements
to our elected Senators and Congressmen on behalf of our Christian
values.
As the President of CRAVE, Pastor Don Swarthout also speaks in
various venues to groups around America about these issues and
many others. Swarthout believes we must take a stand against our
enemies who are “shouting their beliefs from the roof-top
of our Supreme Court Building.”
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