In the US, new NAE president calls for evangelicals to address “identity crisis” without fear
Washington DC, USRNS Rev Walter Kim, inaugurated as the new president of the National Association of Evangelicals, called on its members to address questions about their identity with a commitment to the common good. “This movement is confronting an identity crisis and it’s not just the mild sort of growing pains,” said the Asian American […]
US EVANGELICALS: RETIRING NATIONAL ASSOCIATION HEAD LEITH ANDERSON – EVANGELICALS ARE NOT JUST WHITE OR POLITICAL
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, looks at the contribution and legacy of Leith Anderson, retiring leader of the National Association of Evangelicals in the US…
One year before election, Christian leaders cross divides to call for “dignity and respect”
RNS This Sunday (3rd November) marks exactly one year until the 2020 US presidential election. And Christian leaders across theological and political divides are kicking off an initiative called “Golden Rule 2020: A Call for Dignity and Respect in Politics,” hoping the next 365 days won’t be a repeat of 2016’s divisive election season. Representatives […]
US National Association of Evangelicals names new president, diverse leadership
RNS Scholar and minister Walter Kim, an expert on the theology of race, has been chosen as the next president of the National Association of Evangelicals. Kim is a pastor of Trinity Presbyterian Church in Charlottesville, Virginia. He has served on the board of the group, an umbrella organisation of 40 evangelical Christian denominations, since […]
ESSAY: THERE ARE NO REAL EVANGELICALS. ONLY IMAGINED ONES
US history professor KRISTIN KOBES DU MEZ, in an article published by Religion News Service, writes about the, at times fraught, debate over the meaning of the word ‘evangelical’…
Willow Creek names NAE head, three others to oversee Hybels investigation
Chicago, USRNS Jo Anne Lyon, general superintendent emerita of The Wesleyan Church, and Leith Anderson, president of the National Association of Evangelicals, will lead a new investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct against Bill Hybels, the retired founding pastor of Willow Creek Community Church. Lyon and Anderson will co-chair the four-person Willow Creek Independent Advisory […]
Evangelical leaders in the US really don’t want to endorse politicians – survey
RNS The centrepiece of President Trump’s religious freedom agenda, and the carrot he often dangled in front of Christian leaders as he sought their support during the campaign, was a pledge to overturn a 1954 law that says houses of worship can lose their tax-exempt status if they engage in partisan campaigning. But a new […]