[Imc-chicago-audio] The Evangelicals You Need to Know

[Erin Polgreen]

MEDIA ALERT   March 14, 2007 | For Immediate Release
New Radicals: the Evangelicals You Need to Know

In “Preaching Revolution,” Huffington Post blogger Zack Exley  
uncovers a revolutionary evangelical movement that has nothing to do  
with neo-conservatives.

In “Preaching,” Exley examines how, using a back-to-basics approach  
to the Bible and old-fashioned grassroots engagement, groups of  
Christian “revolutionaries” have mobilized more than 20 million  
Americans around a theology as “utopian as the most far-out sect of  
antiglobalization anarchists.”

Combining in-depth interviews with movement leaders (including mega- 
church pastor Gregory Boyd and Sojourners founder Jim Wallis) with on- 
the-ground reporting, Exley captures the essence of a movement that  
may have a thing or two to teach secular progressives.

“If you compare Mars Hill Bible Church to progressive community  
centers or union halls, it has no rival,” writes Exley. “It is a  
launching point for outreach into the community, involving more than  
2,000 members in hundreds of groups. … The union hall is the left’s  
nearest equivalent, but not only is it dying, it rarely attempts to  
serve anywhere near as many of the needs—spiritual and practical—as  
the churches do.”

For the full text of this article, visit: http://www.inthesetimes.com/ 
article/3061


In These Times is celebrating 30 years of progressive, thought- 
provoking reporting and political analysis. To interview Editor Joel  
Bleifuss or Publisher Tracy Van Slyke about this milestone, contact  
Erin Polgreen.
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