About FPIW Action

Defending and Advancing Conservative Values

FPIW Action is a 501(c)(4) not-for-profit organization that works to advance and defend conservative values in order to protect the family. We promote life, marriage, religious liberty, and parental rights, and other issues that impact the family. FPIW Action has been involved in dozens of races at the state and local level, helping to elect pro-family leaders, and providing non-partisan voter materials to help Washingtonians assess who stands with them on the issues that matter most.

FPIW Action was formed for the express purpose to unite, represent, educate, and equip Washington legislators, pastors and citizens to knowledgeably speak out on authentic biblical values, public policy, and bills impacting individuals and families within the public square. It was established and associates with the Family Policy Institute of Washington (FPIW) by expanding their activities. It seeks to hold elected representatives accountable by engaging in lobbying on behalf of biblical values. Donations to FPIW Actions, a 501(c)(4) organization, are not tax-deductible.

Our Vision

A state where authentic biblical values flourish and people are free to live out their faith in the workplace and community.

Our Mission

To unite, represent, educate, and equip Washington legislators, pastors and citizens to speak out on authentic biblical values, public policy, and bills impacting Individuals and families within the public square.

Statement of Faith

We believe the Bible to be the infallible, authoritative Word of God (II Timothy 3:16).
We believe God is the Lawgiver (Isa 33:22), that He cares about laws and will, therefore, call or commission members of His Church to represent Him in the arena of lawmaking (I Cor 12; James 4:12).
We believe that there is only one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit (I John 5:7).
We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ (Col 2:9), in His virgin birth (Luke 1:34-35), in His sinless life (Heb 4:15), in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood (Eph 1:7), in His bodily resurrection (I Peter 1:3), in His ascension to the right hand of the Father (Acts 1:9; Heb 1:3), and in His personal return for the church, His bride (I Thess 4:16-17).
We believe that all who have been born again (John 3:5) are members of the body of Christ (I Cor 12:12; Eph 4:4).
We believe that for the salvation of lost and sinful people, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential (Titus 3:5).
We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life (Gal 5:16).
We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; they that are saved unto the resurrection of life and they that are lost unto the resurrection of damnation (I Cor 15:51-53).
We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ (Ephesians 4:3).
We believe that every true child of God possesses eternal life and, being justified, sanctified and sealed with the Holy Spirit, is safe and secure for all eternity. However, a Christian can, through sin, lose his fellowship, joy, power, testimony, and reward, and incur the Father’s chastisement.
We believe that the local church is distinctively significant from all forms of ministry in the world and that the New Testament points to its special and unique function.
We believe that parachurch organizations are formed to enable gifted members of the body of Christ to carry out specialized ministries to both believers and unbelievers. They are organizationally independent of local or corporate Church control, but they should humbly work in harmony with the rest of the Body.

Brad Payne is the President of FPIW Action, which is FPIW’s 501(c)4 organization that directly impacts legislation, initiatives, and candidates. He began working for FPIW in December of 2021.

Born and raised in Kansas, Brad graduated with honors from Wichita State University in 1983 and the University of Kansas in 1985. His work at FPIW focuses on governmental affairs, public policy development, legislative lobbying, organizational regulatory compliance, management of our Strategic Partnership program and developing meaningful connections with state legislators and Christian organizational leaders across Washington.

Ordained as a pastor in 2020, Brad enjoys sharing the gospel and testifying to the transforming power of Jesus Christ. He has led several ministry efforts in the Olympia area, including ministering to the area’s homeless population; serving as a board member at City Link Ministries; teaching at Set Free, an organization that ministers to recovering addicts; and providing pastoral care at Capital Medical Center.

Brad is determined to see Washington state change course in order to better protect individual rights, freedoms, and Christian family values. He and his wife, Kelley, live in Olympia and have three children and four grandchildren.