January 26, 2000

'Biblical' view cited in GOP position paper
___OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (BP)--The Republican Party's prosperity principles should be based on a biblical worldview, according to Rep. Zach Wamp, a Tennessee congressman who has been asked to develop a draft for the GOP's national prosperity platform.
___Wamp, a Southern Baptist, said the national principles of prosperity statement will become a major component of the GOP's political platform and will shape the Republicans' 2000 presidential campaign.
___The Tennessee congressman told Baptist Press the formula for developing the platform should be based on Scripture. "If we make our plans based on God's word and his principles, then I think we will be blessed."
___Under Wamp's plan, the GOP would support a five-point prosperity formula.
___ "First, prosperity comes with a price, and that price is responsibility for others," Wamp said. "The biblical foundation is, 'To whom much is given, much is required.'"
___He also said the prosperity principles include a respect for all levels of work and emphasis upon competition as the "fuel of prosperity." "We must have more competitive markets, not less," he added.
___Also included are beliefs that innovation and initiative are strangled by excessive government, taxation and litigation.
___Wamp said he is adamant about incorporating biblical views into the platform. "I don't want our party to be associated with a prosperity agenda that is not grounded in these biblical truths."

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