A Call For Evangelical Balance

Historically evangelical Christians focused primarily on evangelising. But this is not what the Bible calls us to do. Jesus made it clear that addressing social ills - the need for food and clothing, for example -- also needs to be at the top of our action list.

Things may be changing in the Evangelical church.

The Board of Directors of the National Association of Evangelicals unanimously voted this past fall to adopt an historic document on public engagement called For the Health of the Nation: An Evangelical Call to Civic Responsibility. The unanimous vote, 42-0, is a milestone in the movement of evangelicals from the insularity of a revival tent mind-set in the early 20th century to the political activism of the 21st century.

Ron Sider, co-chair of the project stated that "The declaration calls evangelicals to a biblically balanced concern that reflects the full range of God's concerns for the well-being of marriage, the family, the sanctity of human life, justice for the poor, care for creation, peace, freedom and racial justice. No longer dare one accuse evangelicals of being 'one-issue' voters focused exclusively on one or two issues."

Read more about the call for Evangelical Civic Responsibility