#423 The Importance of Faith, Family, and Community in Making Indiana Thrive with Governor Mike Braun

#423 The Importance of Faith, Family, and Community in Making Indiana Thrive with Governor Mike Braun

April 21, 2026 · 26 min

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Governor Mike Braun discusses the importance of faith, family, and community in Indiana's future.

I recently had the honor of sitting down with Indiana Governor Mike Braun for an in-office discussion on faith, leadership, and public service. Governor Braun shares the story behind his call (quite literally) into public life, why he chose to step away from the U.S. Senate to serve his home state, and why faith is important to him personally as an entrepreneur and public servant. We also explore a theme that he routinely champions in his administration–faith, family, and community–and how and why government and the faith community (distinct in role, but with shared purpose) should work together for the common good. He also explains the importance of signing a first-in-the-nation parental rights law and and creating an environment friendly to families and community collaboration. In sum, here’s his vision for Indiana’s future and why faith, family, and community are key to making Indiana–and the nation–thrive. Mike Braun is the 52nd Governor of Indiana and a conservative outsider who spent his career as a main street entrepreneur building a business and creating thousands of good-paying Hoosier jobs before being elected to the U.S. Senate in…

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