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JEFFERSON CITY \u2013<\/strong> Michael L. Parson, 63, took office as Missouri\u2019s 57th governor on June 1, 2018. Born in Wheatland, a small town in Hickory County, he is a longtime Missouri Baptist. He and his wife, Teresa, are members of First Baptist Church, Bolivar. I interviewed him, July 17, in his office at the State Capitol.<\/span><\/p>\n

What was your first year like as governor?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWith all the trials that we\u2019ve been through, I\u2019m humbled every day to be the governor. I\u2019m honored to be the governor. I get to represent close to 6 million people that I dearly love: the Missourians that are here in this state. And I get to go up there every day and do what I think is right for the people of this state. And when you look at everything that happened in that first year: Within the first 45 days, you had officer shootings. That wasn\u2019t the norm. You had the drownings that occurred in Branson. We were in the middle of a drought. You were trying to appoint positions to the attorney general, to the treasurer, to the lieutenant governor.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAll of these things were happening. Trying to put a team together. That, in some places, you thought some days could be overwhelming, but we just started putting the right people together. We start handling every situation that came about trying to really think through it. And the decision process for the most part for me every day is you\u2019d go back to those basic principles. I\u2019ve always said if you have your faith in order, your moral values in order and your love of this state, your love of this country \u2013 you keep those priorities, and you\u2019re going to be fine. …<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI understand that the governor is a very important position. I get it, but I\u2019m not in control at the end of the day. Thank goodness I\u2019m not. … Thank goodness God\u2019s in control.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Obviously your faith is important to you. I had the privilege of being at your inauguration, and of course Pastor Billy Russell of FBC Bolivar preached your inauguration. Also, you had your Sunday school class there. And that was special for you, wasn\u2019t it? <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, I have a fantastic Sunday School class. It\u2019s such a faithful group of people … good people, hearts in the right place. But you\u2019re getting ready to take on one of the largest callings you\u2019re going to be asked to do \u2013 to be the governor of state of Missouri \u2013 and you\u2019ve got 60 hours to get everything ready. You get sworn in on Friday; you\u2019ve got to take office on Monday. But the reality of it is you\u2019re really taking office on Saturday and Sunday because you\u2019ve got to be prepared if something happens. You\u2019re the governor. So I thought the best thing I could do is call my Sunday School class, call the people of faith.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

You and the first lady have been members of First, Bolivar for how long? And what\u2019s your relationship with your pastor?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWell, my original pastor is my Sunday School teacher now, Ray Leininger. He was there. Well, a little history to that inside story. I come from a little church. I come from a little town, 356 people. We had small church. If you had 50 people in the Baptist church there, you had a big Sunday. But [they were] a very tight knit group. Because we always had dinner after Sunday church … preachers would go to somebody\u2019s house and you\u2019d sit down, family and friends. So when I first came out of the Army and was at Bolivar, Theresa and I got married, [and] we were searching for a church. I kept leaning towards a small church, cause I was used to that. First Baptist Church of Bolivar was a big church. … (I thought), I don\u2019t want to go to a big church. I\u2019ll never fit in. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI was in the gas station business at the time. And Ray Leininger bought gas from me. And I knew he was a preacher, but he had this old clunker truck that I thought, \u2018That is the biggest piece of junk I\u2019ve ever seen. Why would the First Baptist preacher be driving that truck, rusted out and everything like that?\u2019 And he wore bib overalls, see, like he was working in a shop. So anyhow we got to talking a bit. He said, \u2018Why don\u2019t you come up here and go to church sometime?\u2019 And I went home and told Teresa. I said, \u2018All right, let\u2019s go to that First Baptist Church up there. Let\u2019s see what that big church is like.\u2019 I said, \u2018I liked the preacher. I kind of liked him.\u2019 And I really wanted to see how he fits in there?<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAnd that\u2019s how I started going to First Baptist Church. That\u2019s where my kids were raised. So, oh my gosh, that was probably 30 plus years ago. 30, 35 years.<\/span><\/p>\n

As you mentioned, Pastor Leininger approached you and established a relationship with you. Doesn\u2019t the importance of relationships carry over into politics, as well? <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cEspecially when you get a little gray hair like I\u2019ve got, you understand how important it is to treat people right in your career and in your everyday life. And how do you make sure and spread the gospel to a certain degree every day from our positions. You know, you don\u2019t have to go out here and do a sermon. You don\u2019t have to go out here and quote Bible verses every day when you walk down the hall. But there are simple things you can do to make sure people know you\u2019re a man of faith. One of the things, you meet somebody in the hallways or something and say, \u2018Hey, how you doing today?\u2019 You can simply say, \u2018Hey, I\u2019m a blessed guy.\u2019 But as soon as you say that, you\u2019re sending the message of what your values are, and I try to mention that a lot of times because I want people to know where my faith is.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The first lady is obviously a big part this. Talk about her just a minute.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cOh gosh! It is a tremendous obligation to be the First Lady of the State of Missouri. And she didn\u2019t really ask for it, you know, to a certain degree. She just said, \u2018OK, you know, this is where you\u2019re at. My job is to support you. And she does that every day.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s accepted the role, but she also understands the importance of it. … And you know how we all are with our wives. You know, your wives are sometimes some of your best critics too.”<\/span><\/p>\n

And they\u2019ll bring a different perspective to things, perhaps?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s good when you\u2019re the Governor of the State of Missouri and your wife is active in this, because you do get that view from her side of it, as a woman\u2019s view of how they see things. … And I think we have that relationship. Again, I\u2019m so blessed to have her by my side and to be on this adventure. Being the first lady of the State of Missouri, she\u2019s a class act. She sets the right example. She\u2019s a good Christian woman, and she leaves no doubt there. So she kind of dresses my game up a little bit. I can tell you that right now. For all the rough edges I got, she doesn\u2019t have one.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s been a real privilege for me to help organize your monthly clergy luncheons, which is something that\u2019s new and probably a little bit unusual for Missouri politics. What have you learned from the clergy as you\u2019ve hosted these monthly luncheons?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWell, one, it helps me a great deal. It helps me to be around them and to be around other men and women of faith. But also again, it\u2019s a different view that they have of things than I have sometimes and they have different obstacles. You know, when you get somebody that comes in here from downtown St. Louis or downtown Kansas City, maybe their views on different issues like poverty could be different. … Their views might come in and they might say, \u2018Hey, you know, we really think this is a real problem. How do you think you may be going to help to address that issue?\u2019 So I think, one, just getting their different views on problems that are in the State of Missouri. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBut one of the most important things that I think sometimes I get out of meeting with them is also how closely tied we are together as people of faith.<\/span><\/p>\n

We\u2019ve had the tornado hit Jefferson City. We\u2019ve had terrible flooding. Our farmers have been hurt. We had people hurt here in Jefferson City and Eldon and really all across the state. Missouri Baptist Disaster Relief has been there. Would you like to say something about Missouri\u2019s Disaster Relief?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cYou can watch it on TV. You can see it in the newspaper. But when you walk down the streets and you\u2019re seeing these people, and you\u2019re looking over there and the home\u2019s not there anymore, or somebody\u2019s in the hospital. These are everyday people trying to figure out how to pay the bills sometimes. And all of a sudden you\u2019re looking over there and their car\u2019s been totally destroyed. They\u2019ve not even got a roof on your house, and they don\u2019t have the money to do those things.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s why those organizations come in to help and why they are so critical in those disasters. And unfortunately this flooding has been going on since March 11th. It\u2019s never went on that long before in our state. You had, like you said, the tornadoes. But again, you see those great Missouri values of people (who) come together to help one other out. And that is what we\u2019ve been taught all along as Christian believers. We\u2019re the ones supposed to be doing that. It\u2019s not always about the government doing that for us. You know, we\u2019re supposed to help one another. And when you can just see that out there, the real thing happening, it just makes you so proud to be a Missourian.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s why there\u2019s people like the Disaster Relief out there. Thank goodness they\u2019re prepared.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Southern Baptists in Missouri have passed numerous resolutions about defending the life of the unborn. And the law that you signed this year \u2013 I think I can say with great confidence that Southern Baptists all throughout Missouri, were cheering and were praising God for what you did. What are your thoughts about that bill, and where do you think the battle with the Planned Parenthood Clinic in St. Louis will end up?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWell, first of all, signing the bill, for as much credit as I got, was not a hard decision at all for me because I want to help anybody that can\u2019t help themselves. And when you look at the unborn, that\u2019s exactly who we\u2019re supposed to be helping. That\u2019s what we are supposed to do. All life is important, period. From the day it starts, it is so important that we do our part to protect the unborn. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Planned Parenthood deal was, in my opinion, a total political game that they were playing. It was quite obvious what they wanted the whole time. I don\u2019t know that they really ever tried to get the license. I think they wanted the attention. I think they wanted the national attention, and I think they used it for a fundraising tool. The bottom line to Planned Parenthood: They are going to follow the regulations of the law, like the 4,000 clinics in the state, if they\u2019re going to do business, period. You know, regardless of what my views are on abortion, they\u2019re still going to be obligated to run a facility under the law just like everybody else. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s disappointing when you go through that process and you\u2019ve got judges that can\u2019t make a decision. You know, you got a judge up there, and he delays and delays and delays and keeps the doors open. You know, that\u2019s not right.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAnd if I ever get the opportunity, and I will in time as Governor of the State of Missouri, I\u2019m going to put people on the bench that can make decisions. … Sometimes the national level (judicial appointments) get a lot of attention, but I\u2019m telling you the state is just as important in how we set the judicial system up. <\/span><\/p>\n

Well, I want to thank you for your time. If Missouri Southern Baptists could ask one final question, I suspect it would be this: Are you going to run for reelection?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWell, I\u2019ll tell you what, when I openly say that \u2013 the Baptists around the state, I\u2019ll be calling on them. I\u2019ll be calling on them for a little support, I can tell you that. Do you know what? Everybody\u2019s asking that question right now. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI feel extremely good right now. I feel good. I got a check-up here a while back and I got a green light that says, \u2018Hey, do whatever you want to do.\u2019 So I feel good, and do you know what? I do believe there\u2019s a purpose for everything we do in life, and I think I\u2019m here for a reason, and I\u2019m going to fulfill that reason, is what I want to do.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Okay. So we\u2019re not far from a decision?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cYeah. September is a good month.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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