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Below is a partial list of organizations, churches and individuals who have endorsed The Voters' Right to Protect Marriage initiative -- the California Marriage Amendment.
Do your part too! Join the team that's protecting everything about marriage in California for one man and one woman. Endorse and support The Voters' Right to Protect Marriage Initiative.
Endorsements for The Voters' Right to Protect Marriage Initiative
(partial list)
Organizations
Abiding Truth Ministries
Alliance for Civil Rights (Sacramento)
American Family Association
Americans for Voluntary School Prayer
Arise America Ministries
Association of Christian Schools International, Southern California
Association of Christian Schools International, Northern California
Biblical Family Advocates
Brotherhood Organization of A New Destiny (B.O.N.D.)
California Education Network
Californians4ReligiousFreedom.org
Campaign for California Families
Campaign for Children and Families
Capital Bible College
Chinese Family Alliance
Christian Business Men's Committee
Christian City
Christian Coalition of San Diego County
Christian Communications Inc. of USA
Christian Community Concerns
Christian Foundation, Inc.
Christian Seniors Association
Church of The Nazarene, Sacramento District
Confraternidad Hispana Bautista de California (Hispanic Southern Baptist Fellowship of CA)
Concerned Roman Catholics of America
Council on National Policy Action, Inc.
Crusade for Life
Dan Kricorian Ministries International
Eagle Forum of California
Eagle Forum of Sacramento
E-mail Brigade
Evangel Literature Inc. USA
Family Policy Network
Feather River Mens Center
Florida Family Action Council (Florida Marriage Protection Amendment)
Hayden Ministries
Holy Innocents Reparation Committee
Joseph Wright Ministries Inc.
Joyce Meyer Ministries
Knights of Columbus Council #4000
Liberty Counsel
Life Priority Network
Lively & Ackerman Law Firm
Mission America
Moral Majority Coalition
Northern California National Association of Evangelicals
My Lord's Salvation Ministries Inc.
Path of Life Counseling
Placer County Republican Lawyers Asssociation
Please Let Me Live
Pro-Life Committee (American Independent Party / AIP)
Pro-Family Law Center
The Right Source
Rebuilders of the Foundations of America’s Christian History
Russian Speaking Forum of Sacramento
Shasta County American Independent Party (AIP) Central Committee
Smyrna Resource Center Inc.
Standard of Liberty Foundation
The King's College and Seminary
This Music Matters Ministries
Traditional Values Coalition
United Families International of Northern California
United States Justice Foundation
Valley Community Marriage and Family Resource Center
Westside Christian Minister's Association
The Welch Foundation
Individuals
Former Assemblyman Jay La Suer
Former Assemblyman Dennis Mountjoy
State Senator Bob Margett
State Senator Jim Battin
Former Assemblyman Tony Strickland
Glen Forsch (former candidate, State Board of Equalization)
State Board of Equalization Member Bill Leonard
State Board of Equalization Vice-Chair Claude Parrish
State Board of Equalization Member and Assemblyman Dean Andal (retired)
Congressman Bill Dannemeyer (retired)
State Senator Dick Monteith (retired)
State Senator and Assemblyman Phil Wyman (retired)
State Senator Don Rogers (retired)
Assemblyman Joel Anderson
Assemblyman Trice Harvey (retired)
Assemblyman George House (retired)
Assemblyman Jim Morrissey (retired)
Assemblywoman Barbara Alby (retired)
Assemblyman Larry Bowler (retired)
Assemblyman Steve Baldwin (retired) (exec. director, Council on National Policy Action, Inc.)
Assemblyman Gil Ferguson (deceased)
Richard Ortega (city councilman, Tulare)
Tom Bordonaro (Assessor, San Luis Obispo County)
Gary Podesto (former mayor, Stockton)
W. E. "Bob" McClellan (city councilman, El Cajon)
Michael Strong (Sutter County Assessor)
Vern McCorkle (president, Delano Joint Union High School District)
Ken Mettler (trustee, Rosedale Union School District)
Gerry Machado (trustee, Board of Education of Tracy Unified School District)
John Kanno (candidate, 18th Congressional District)
Shawn Steel (past president, California Republican Party)
Dean Forman (past chairman, Placer County Republican Party)
Laura Gadke (chairwoman, Tulare County Republican Party)
Kenneth May (chairman, Fresno County Republican Party)
Sara Blicharz (past chairwoman, San Joaquin County Republican Party)
Rev. Clinton Macomber (chairman, Shasta County American Independent Party)
Ken Campbell (past chairman, Placer County Republican Party)
Jim Lopez (state chairman, California Republican National Hispanic Assembly)
Victor Aguila (vice chairman, California Republican National Hispanic Assembly)
Susan Hart (member, San Mateo County Republican Party)
John Courtney
Bill Cardoza
Dennis Cochran
Ben Gilmore
Jim and Roberta Wright
Loren & Cherri Gardner
Mathew Staver (president and general counsel, Liberty Counsel)
Gary Kreep (executive director, United States Justice Foundation)
Scott Lively (chairman, Pro-Family Law Center)
Richard Ackerman (president, Pro-Family Law Center)
Charles LiMandri (California director, Thomas More Law Center)
Jennifer Patrick, Esq. (affiliated attorney, Thomas More Law Center)
Thomas Hudson (president, Placer County Republican Lawyers Association)
Gregory Goehring (attorney at law)
Erik Hartstrom (attorney at law)
Rex Cluff (attorney at law)
Shirley Jewett (founder, Bush/Cheney 2004 Club)
Sandra Lininger (president, California Education Network)
Adrian Dieleman (pastor, Trinity Christian Reformed Church)
Gurdev Singh (head priest, Sikh Temple)
Dr. Marc Maffucci (pastor, Quail Lakes Baptist Church)
Dennis Sunderland (pastor, Bethel Assembly of God)
Daniel Macomber (pastor, Berean Bible Heritage Church)
Kyle Haynes (pastor, Shadow Mountain Baptist Church)
Jack Hayford (chancellor, The King's College and Seminary)
Rev. Dwight Burchett (president, Northern California National Association of Evangelicals)
Daniel Sotelo (president, Hispanic Southern Baptist Fellowship of California)
Dr. Robert D. Lewis (executive director, Sacramento Association of Southern Baptist Churches)
John Calhoun (district superintendent, Northern California Church of the Nazarene)
Rev. Ronald Greeno (district superintendent, Sacramento District Church of the Nazarene)
Rev. Rick Cole (senior pastor, Capital Christian Center)
Rev. Glen Cole (former superintendent, Northern California Assemblies of God churches)
Rev. Michael Douglass (president, Advancing Vibrant Communities)
Phil Magnan (president, Biblical Family Advocates)
Angela Azevedo (state legislative director, Eagle Forum of California)
Brenda Bennett (founder and president, Sacramento Alliance for Civil Rights)
Joe Pursch (talk-show host, KFIA Sacramento)
Wendy Leece (chairwoman, Costa Mesa Parks and Recreation Commission)
Gary Brock (chairman, Christian Business Men's Committee)
John Treherne (senior adult and visitation pastor, Capital Christian Center)
Crandal Rankins (senior pastor, Oasis Christian International Church)
Bill Jens (director, Yuba-Sutter Marriage Resource Center)
Marvin Stewart (founder, My Lord's Salvation Ministries Inc.)
George Mungai (pastor, His Grace Outreach International)
Stephen Kamau (pastor, New Life Worship Center)
Stephen Grabam (president, Standard of Liberty Foundation)
Melvin Acevedo (pastor, Ebenezer Spanish Baptist Church)
Patience Bazuaye (pastor, Evidence of the Gospel Chruch)
Larry Jacobs (vice-president, The Howard Center...for Family, Religion & Society)
Dr. Napolean Washington, Jr.
Wayne Folmer (senior pastor, Horizon Christian Fellowship)
Rev. Luis Bustillo (pastor, La Mision De Jesus)
Oscar Cano (pastor, Iglesia Bautista Emanuel)
Peter Park (pastor, Living Stone Community Church)
Rev. Scott Pearson (vice-president, Westside Christian Minister's Association)
Daniel and Lourdes Ramirez (grand knight, Knights of Columbus Council #4000)
Rev. Dr. David Chen (pastor, Valley Chinese Baptist Church)
Harold Duncan (pastor emeritus, Century Assembly)
Larry Lemburg (senior pastor, Frazier Park Assembly of God)
Dr. Eugene Choi (vice-chair, Evangel Literature Inc. USA)
Dr. Vincent Fortanasce (president, Physicians for Compassionate Care)
Drs. Karl and Jane Anderson
Kathleen Sundaram (former president, Santa Clara County Taxpayers Association)
Rev. Jonathan Singleton, MA, MDiv. (pastor, Winthrop Harbor United Methodist Church)
Rev. Dr. George Schultze, SJ
Rev. Dr. Stephen Struikmans (senior pastor, Rancho Community Church)
Captain John Murphy, USNR (retired)
Ted Fields (pastor, New Hope Baptist Church)
Chuck Horner (senior pastor, Calvary Baptist Church)
Rev. David Brown (Pastor, New Life Presbyterian Church)
Tim Pollock (pastor, The Home Church)
Louise Shatswell (president, Christian Foundation, Inc.)
Jim Ludington (executive director, Arise America Ministries)
David Dena (interim pastor, White Road Iglesia Bautista)
Jennifer Acosta (chair of christian life committee, White Road Iglesia Bautista)
Pedro Rodriguez (pastor, Iglesia Bautista Hispana)
Sharon Hughes (president, Center for Changing Worldviews)
Rev. Valeriy Tutunik (administrator, Evangelical Baptist Ukrainian Church)
Rev. Konstantin Bondar (pastor, Arcade Church's Russian-speaking congregation)
Evelyn Bradley (proponent, Californians4ReligiousFreedom.org
Joe Glover (president, Family Policy Network)
Jesse Parker (pastor, Church of Glad Tidings)
Drs. Raymond and Jean Braine
Greg Fairrington (senior pastor, Sunset Christian Center)
Ted Fields (pastor, New Hope Baptist Church)
Mike Moore (senior pastor, Crossroads Grace Community Church)
Scott Brooks (pastor, Changed Life Church)
Howard Rodgers (pastor, Family Bible Church)
James Braddy (district superintendent, No. California - Nevada, Assemblies of God)
Rev. James Harrison III (director, Feather River Mens Center)
Chris Howard (executive vice president, Capital Bible College)
Ted Costa (CEO, People's Advocate / Davis Recall Committee)
Tony Andrade (president, Civil Rights for Families)
Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson (president, Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny, B.O.N.D.)
Rev. Lou Sheldon (chairman, Traditional Values Coalition)
Rev. Stephen Rost (senior pastor, Grace Fellowship)
Rev. Joseph Goodrich (pastor, Southside Missionary Baptist Church)
Rev. Steven Messinger (pastor, Trinity Baptist Church)
Dr. Dan Angove (Senior Pastor, Calvary Community Church)
Larry and Stephanie Hayden (reverends, Hayden Ministries)
James Carmichael (pastor, Foothill Community Church)
Tim Wildmon (president, American Family Association)
Kenneth Fisher (founder & chairman, Concerned Roman Catholics of America)
Donald E. Wildmon (founder and chairman, American Family Association)
Joseph Farah (founder and editor, WorldNetDaily.com)
James Lafferty (executive director, Christian Seniors Association)
Dr. Dwight E. Williams, Sr. (senior pastor, New Bethel Baptist Church)
Rev. Kevin Newton (senior pastor, Valley Community Church)
Rev. Zac Nazarian (pastor, Hope Chapel Hermosa Beach)
Arthur McKay, Jr. (pastor, Trinity Baptist Church)
Randall Taylor (senior pastor, Praise Chapel Christian Fellowship)
Randy Thomasson (president, Campaign for Children and Families)
Dr. Thomas Wang (president, Great Commission Center International)
Dr. Bill Tam (executive director, Chinese Family Alliance)
Curtis Mitchell (senior pastor, Antioch Progressive Church)
Nick Buhler (pastor, Citrus Heights Assembly of God)
Alex Pekein (pastor, Light of the Gospel Missionary Church)
Leroy Lebeck (pastor emeritus, Trinity Life Center)
Rev. Christopher Hoag
Kevin Noonan (associate pastor, Sunset Christian Center)
Rev. Luis Bustillo (pastor, La Mision De Jesus)
Galen Dairymple (pastor, Vineyard Hills Christian Church)
Rev. Joseph Wright Jr. (founder, Joseph Wright Ministries Inc.)
Donald Peterson (senior pastor, Inland Valley Baptist Fellowship)
John Chiara (pastor, San Bruno Church of God)
Pamela Anderson (president, Bethany Guild)
Ana Luisa Bell (pastor, Church of the Nazarene Delano)
David Seifert (senior pastor, Shelter Cove Community Church)
Ben Cunnington (worship director, Rock of Roseville Church)
Kenneth Fisher (founder & chairman, Holy Innocents Reparation Committee)
Clifton Parr (pastor, Bethany Missinary Baptist Church)
Dan Kricorian (president, Dan Kricorian Ministries International)
James Hallgren (ministry director, Christian City)
Clifton Parr (pastor, Bethany Missionary Baptist Church)
Gary and Anita Harding (pastor, Pentecostal Powerhouse)
Alisha Tarbox (accountant, Changed Life Church)
Marcos Cruz (pastor, Immanuel Baptist Church)
Jose Zacarias (pastor, Templo Cristiano)
Rodney Wikoff (pastor, West Hills Church of the Nazarene)
Rose Marie Casto (secretary, Christian Family Worship Center)
Dr. Steve Newman (senior pastor, First Baptist Church)
John Lewis (pastor, Village Baptist Church)
Laura Bressler (secretary-treasurer, Trinity Life Pentecostal Holiness Church)
David Hernandez (elder, Christian Family Worship Center)
Mark Mahaffie (pastor, Sequoia Heights Baptist Church)
Dr. David Innes (Pastor, Hamilton Square Baptist Church)
David Phillips (elder, Rancho Community Church)
Valeriy Tutunik (administrator, Evangelical Baptist Ukrainian Church)
Rev. Mel Farr (pastor, First Assembly of God)
James Stauffer (pastor, First Assembly of God)
Jim Benedict (pastor, Calvary Community Church)
Rev. Charles Norman (president, This Music Matters Ministries)
Carolyn Dudley (director of new ministry development, Crossroads Grace Community Church)
Chris Delco (pastor, United Lutheran Church)
Mike Moore (senior pastor, Crossroads Grace Community Church)
Brad Harnden (pastor, Northgate Community Church)
Skip Ferris (youth pastor, Sequoia Heights Baptist Church)
Richard Morse (pastor, St. Anthony Church)
Tim Voogd (pastor, Lighthouse Community Church)
Tonya Stauffer (children's pastor, First Assembly of God)
James Day (pastor, Calvary Community Church)
Mike Dillman (senior pastor, First Assembly of God)
John Coldren (associate pastor, New Hope Church)
Marvin and Evelyn Haley (deacon, Stockton Baptist Church)
Lt. Colonel George and Judith Sanderson (retired, USAF)
Joe Williams (president, Valley Community Marriage and Family Resource Center)
Stephen Wampler (former talk-show host, KCBC Stockton)
Dennis Cochran (president, San Joaquin County Republican Assembly)
Orlean Koehle (president, Eagle Forum of California)
Pamela Christian (ministry leader/speaker)
Jane Chastain (columnist, WorldNetDaily)
B. Wade Estes (senior pastor, First Baptist Church, Modesto)
Mark Rindels (senior pastor, Sequoia Heights Baptist Church)
Skip Ferris (youth pastor, Sequoia Heights Baptist Church)
Rev. Larry Dodson (pastor, New Life Community Church)
Robert and Theresa Wood (youth pastor, Harvest Christian Center)
Herb Maydwell (associate pastor, Celebration Christian Center)
Tom Trotter (director of adult ministries, Rancho Bernardo Baptist Church)
Kolette Simonton (pastoral assistant, Changed Life Church)
Thelma Brown (clerical assistant, Changed Life Church)
Jim King (immediate past chairman, American Independent Party)
Perseus Poku (staff minister, St. Paul Baptist Church)
Fred Simpkins (pastor, Clear Voice Ministries)
Russell Craft (pastor, Longview Christian Fellowship)
James Tillman (pastor, Antelope Springs Church)
Pedro Gonzalez Moreno (diacono, Iglesia Bautista La Morada)
Frank Krivohlavek (elder, Covenant Reformed Church)
Edwin Holloway (pastor, Philadelphia Christian Fellowship)
Jorge Alvarez (pastor, Iglesia Bautista Ebenezer)
Dave Champness (pastor, Riverlakes Church)
Rev. Peter Pasechnik (senior pastor, Christian Church Zion)
Pavel Khakimov (senior pastor, Bryte Church)
Vasiliy Dumanskiy (secretary, Ukrainien Church of the Evangelical Christian Baptists)
Edgard Parrales (usher's director, Iglesia Bautista Balboa -Eben-Ezer-)
Marco Orellana (board president, Fuente de Vida)
Yolanda Knaak (registered nurse)
John Tilford (deacon, First Baptist Church of Warm Springs)
Jody Hutchens (regional director, Traditional Values Coalition)
Dann Bryant (pastor, Arcade Church)
Dave Bryan (pastor, Church of Glad Tidings)
Royce Dunn (founder of life chain movement)
Rohn Ritzema (director, Association of Christian Schools International of Northern California)
Naomi Seabourne (administrator, Faith Fellowship Foursquare Church)
Galina Bondar (chair of political representation dept., Russian Speaking Forum of Sacramento)
Allyson Smith (reporter, San Diego News Notes)
Michael Silveira (former chairman, Davis College Republicans)
Jane Parsons (former chairman, Fresno County Republican Party)
Rev. Rick Thompson (pastor, Big Valley Grace Church)
Jason Cardinet (president, United Families International of Northern California)
Kevin Shannon Bearly (radio host, The Right Source)
Churches and Houses of Worship
Antelope Springs Church
Antioch Progressive Church
Arcade Church
Arcade Church's Russian-speaking congregation
Bakersfield Community Church
Berean Bible Fellowship
Berean Bible Heritage Church
Bethany Missionary Baptist Church
Bethel Assembly of God
Calvary Baptist Church
Calvary Baptist Church, Hayward
Calvary Chapel of Escondido
Calvary Chapel Guadalupe Inc.
Calvary Community Church
Capital Christian Center
Changed Life Church
Christian Church Zion
Christian Family Worship Center
Church of Glad Tidings
Church of the Nazarene Delano
Citrus Heights Assembly of God
Clear Voice Ministries
Community Bible Church
Community of Grace
Covenent Life Christian Church
Crossroads Grace Community Church
Davis Christian Assembly
East Clairemont Southern Baptist Church
Ebenezer Spanish Baptist Church
El Nuevo Pacto
Evangelical Baptist Ukrainian Church
Evidence of the Gospel Church
Fairfield Christian Reformed Church
Faith Fellowship Foursquare Church
Family Bible Church
First Assembly of God
First Assembly of God, Manteca
First Baptist Church of Warm Springs
First Baptist Church of Del Paso Heights
First Baptist Church of Lodi
First Baptist Church of Taft
First Baptist Church, Modesto
Foothill Community Church
Frazier Park Assembly of God
Fuente de Vida
God's Embassy Church
Grace Church
Grace Fellowship
Great Commission Center International
Harvest Bible Church
Harvest Christian Center
His Grace Outreach International
Hope Chapel Hermosa Beach
Horizon Christian Fellowship
Iglesia Bautista Ebenezer
Iglesia Bautista Emanuel
Iglesia Bautista Hispana
Immanuel Baptist Church
Impact Community Church
Inland Valley Baptist Fellowship
Inyokern Baptist Church
Joshua’s House
La Mision De Jesus
Lighthouse Community Church
Light of the Gospel Missionary Church
Living Stone Community Church
Longview Christian Fellowship
Mira Mesa First Assembly of God
Mision Bautista Shoreline
New Bethel Baptist Church
New Hope Baptist Church
New Hope Community Church
New Life Community Church
New Life Presbyterian Church
New Life Worship Center
Northgate Community Church
North Park Christian Fellowship
Oasis Christian International Church
Olive Knolls Church of the Nazarene
Palm Springs Church of the Nazarene
Peninsula Christian Fellowship
Pentecostal Powershouse
Philadelphia Christian Fellowship
Praise Chapel Christian Fellowship
Primera Iglesia Bautista del Sur
Quail Lakes Baptist Church
Radiant Life Church
Rancho Bernardo Baptist Church
Rancho Community Church
Rock of Roseville Church
Russian Church of Evangelical Christian Baptist
Saddleback Covenant Church
San Bruno Church of God
Sequoia Heights Baptist Church
Shadow Mountain Baptist Church
Sikh Temple, Gurdwara
Smyrna Resource Center, Inc.
Sonora Foursquare Church
South Hills Church of Christ
Southside Missionary Baptist Church
Spanish Church of the Nazarene
Stockton Baptist Church and School
St. Anthony Church
St. John’s Charismatic Episcopal Church
Sunset Church
Templo Cristiano
Tien Dao Christian Center
Trinity Baptist Church
Trinity Baptist Church, Daly City
Trinity Christian Reformed Church
Trinity Life Pentecostal Holiness Church
Trinity Sovereign Grace Church
Tri-Valley Chinese Bible Church
Ukrainien Church of the Evangelical Christian Baptists
United Lutheran Church
Valley Chinese Baptist Church
Valley Community Church
Valley Hills Christian Church
Village Baptist Church
West Hills Church of the Nazarene
Woodland United Fellowship
Worldwide Bible Society
California Voters Endorse Marriage
In addition to the prominent endorsements listed above, more than 1,500 California families have signed and faxed their endorsement of the strong language of The Voters' Right to Protect Marriage Initiative. Churches and pastors can legally endorse and donate to help our true-blue amendment qualify for the California ballot. Have you talked to your pastor about supporting marriage in your community?
Do your part! Join the team that's protecting everything about marriage for one man and one woman. Endorse and support The Voters' Right to Protect Marriage Initiative today. | 
