In the US, National Association of Evangelicals launches test to assess, foster racial justice
United States RNS The National Association of Evangelicals has launched a new resource to help Christians assess where they stand on racial justice and then take appropriate next steps to further race relations. The online “Racial Justice Assessment tool”, posted on the organisation’s website Monday, is designed to provide users with suggestions of books, videos, articles and online courses […]
Arthur Gay, NAE leader who introduced Reagan’s “evil empire” speech, dead at 86
RNS Arthur Gay, an evangelical leader who oversaw the National Association of Evangelicals when President Reagan gave his historic “evil empire” speech, has died at the age of 86. Gay was president of the association from 1982 to 1984 and held the same role at World Relief, its humanitarian arm, from 1991 to 1996. President Ronald Reagan […]
US evangelical group releases climate change report, urges a Biblical mandate for action
Washington DC, US RNS The National Association of Evangelicals unveiled a sweeping report on Monday on global climate change, laying out what its authors call the “Biblical basis” for environmental activism to help spur fellow evangelicals to address the planetary environmental crisis. “Creation, although groaning under the fall, is still intended to bless us. However, […]
In lawsuit, Catholic lawyer claims World Relief rescinded job offer because he is gay
RNS A lawyer in Spokane, Washington, is suing an evangelical-run humanitarian organization for discrimination, alleging the organization rescinded his job offer due to his sexual orientation. Emmanuel Campos Gonzalez, a licensed attorney, filed a lawsuit against World Relief on 24th January stating that the group violated Washington’s law against discrimination. “The allegation he’s making is […]
In the US, new NAE president calls for evangelicals to address “identity crisis” without fear
Washington DC, US RNS 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 […]
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…
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 […]