Lifestory: Art Simon, founder of Christian anti-hunger group Bread for the World, dies at 93
ADELLE M BANKS and BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, pay tribute to the life – and legacy – of Art Simon…
Christian leaders press US lawmakers to extend child tax credit for poor families
Washington DC, USRNS A campaign backed by a broad coalition of Christian leaders will urge Congress to extend the child tax credit to low-income families, hoping to broaden access to the popular financial assistance program after lawmakers allowed an expanded version to expire last year. Beginning with an advertisement in Politico Magazine that will run […]
Essay: How the church can be a better evangelical witness to displaced people
In an article first published on Religion News Service, EUGENE CHO, editor of a recent anthology of pastoral, theological and refugee perspectives on the church’s evangelical mission, looks at how the church can become “a shining light of joy for the suffering and hope for the hopeless”…
Bread for the World taps Eugene Cho as new president
Washington, DCRNS Bread for the World, a prominent US Christian advocacy group dedicated to ending hunger, has elected Seattle pastor and author Rev Eugene Cho as its new president. It’s a dramatic change for Bread, which is well known in Washington for galvanising religious groups to protect federal policies that help the impoverished. Recent years […]
THE INTERVIEW: US PASTOR EUGENE CHO AND “THOU SHALT NOT BE A JERK”
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, speaks with Eugene Cho about his latest book, ‘Thou Shalt Not Be A Jerk: A Christian’s Guide to Engaging Politics’…
BOOKS: WRESTLING WITH WHAT IT MEANS TO PURSUE GOD’S JUSTICE
DAVID ADAMS reads Eugene Cho’s Overrated, Sight‘s Bookclub book for February-March…
500 prominent evangelicals in US take out full-page ad supporting refugees
More than 500 prominent evangelical Christians from every state in the US have signed on to a letter addressed to President Trump and Vice President Pence, expressing their support for refugees. The “Still We Stand” petition, coordinated by World Relief, appeared on Wednesday as a full-page advertisement in The Washington Post. It reads in part: […]
BIBLICAL JUSTICE: MOVING BEYOND THE GLAMOUR – US PASTOR EUGENE CHO ON HOW HE CAME TO COUNT THE COST OF JUSTICE
DAVID ADAMS caught up with US pastor and justice advocate Eugene Cho at the recent Justice Conference in Melbourne…
BIBLICAL JUSTICE: MOVING BEYOND A CAUSE TO A WAY OF VIEWING LIFE ITSELF
The Justice Conference will be held in Melbourne for the second time this week. DAVID ADAMS talks to its US founder, Ken Wytsma, about what it means for Christians to live life through the “lens” of Biblical justice…