Evangelicals in America
Written by Mark Van Steenwyk : February 2, 2005
Check out this feature from Time on Evangelicals in America. Is this the way Church is supposed to engage America? Is this what a light on a hill looks like? According to Time, these are the most influential evangelicals in America…does this encourage you or discourage you? Some of these folks are well worth emulating, but others seem to demonstrate an evangelicalism that has accomodated to Americanism.
- Rick Warren
- Howard and Roberta Ahmanson
- David Barton
- Douglas Coe
- Chuck Colson
- Luis Cortes
- James Dobson
- Stuart Epperson
- Michael Gerson
- Billy (and Franklin) Graham
- Ted Haggard
- Bill Hybels
- T.D. Jakes
- Diane Knippers
- Tim and Beverly LaHaye
- Richard Land
- Brian McLaren
- Joyce Meyer
- Richard John Neuhaus
- Mark Noll
- J.I. Packer
- Rick Santorum
- Jay Sekulow
- Stephen Strang
- Ralph Winter
Mark Van Steenwyk is the editor of JesusManifesto.com. He is a Mennonite pastor (Missio Dei in Minneapolis), writer, speaker, and grassroots educator. He lives in South Minneapolis with his wife (Amy), son (Jonas) and some of their friends.
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Who the Sam Hill are Robert and Roberta Ahmanson?
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Seriously, it's sort of weird to be an evangelical and not know some of these people. I guesss I just haven't progressed far enough in the movement to be let in on some of this stuff.
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But having said that, I'm not sure who I'd put on the list - I just don't think I'd arrange them in the same order.
Jesus would definitely be there, though.
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In today's politicized environment, it's natrual that Evangelicals will try to promote those within their group who are political in order to appear "relevant"
I was a bit peeved that there wasn't a single mention of a DEMOCRAT in the entire article, or even someone like Tony Campolo who is at least questioning the blind obedience Evangelicals have to the right.
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I don't know...just sorta thinking out loud.
But you may be right that the rank and file Evangelicals are the ones promoting these people as the "Golden Boys (and Girls)." In a few of the cases, that's sad...
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Poor Brian seemed a little bit in the minority with Larry King talking about evangelicals and Republican politics, gay hating, etc. but he seemed to do a good job presenting a different view.
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http://www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspx?Page=BarnaUp...
Falwell and Robertson are in there too somewhere, but still no Campolo.
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I'd also like to add that some people are already waning in influence and some are rising stars, for instance, much of the Evangelical church is unaware of the Emergent movement, yet I really do believe that it is the way of the future.
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