billiefan2000
September 19th, 2008, 06:03 PM
New approach for evangelicals urged
BY ANDREW J. NELSON
WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER
Evangelical Christians must eschew wedge issues and identity politics and cooperate with groups they sometimes disagree with to solve the global environmental crisis, a prominent religious leader told an Omaha audience Thursday evening.
"It's very important that we talk to one another, relate to one another," said the Rev. Richard Cizik
speaking to about 125 people at Countryside Community Church 8787 Pacific St.
"If we don't, I don't see how we get beyond the culture war and identity politics."
Overwhelming evidence exists that mankind is responsible for global warming, Cizik said.
And he described the need to cooperate with other religious faiths and environmental groups to achieve a common goal: saving the planet.
"We have to adopt an attitude of civility and humility that has not here to characterized much of the evangelical community," he said in an interview before his speech.
If American evangelicals will see the broad agenda, become change agents for a way of seeing the world differently, they will lose their reputation as being one of society's bullies," he said.
more... http://omaha.com/index.php?u_page=1219&u_sid=10437347
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BTW on a side note:
(see) http://rr-bb.com/showthread.php?t=30239 and: http://rr-bb.com/showthread.php?t=12961 and:
http://rr-bb.com/showthread.php?t=45133
for what Countryside Community Church of Omaha helps promote
they BTW are inviting the infamous Bishop Spong to speak next month. :ohno :ohno
Still no word if these "tolerant" liberal church will allow any bible beleiving preachers
to speak there since all of triple C of Omaha's speakers in the last few years have been all "progressive christians"
BY ANDREW J. NELSON
WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER
Evangelical Christians must eschew wedge issues and identity politics and cooperate with groups they sometimes disagree with to solve the global environmental crisis, a prominent religious leader told an Omaha audience Thursday evening.
"It's very important that we talk to one another, relate to one another," said the Rev. Richard Cizik
speaking to about 125 people at Countryside Community Church 8787 Pacific St.
"If we don't, I don't see how we get beyond the culture war and identity politics."
Overwhelming evidence exists that mankind is responsible for global warming, Cizik said.
And he described the need to cooperate with other religious faiths and environmental groups to achieve a common goal: saving the planet.
"We have to adopt an attitude of civility and humility that has not here to characterized much of the evangelical community," he said in an interview before his speech.
If American evangelicals will see the broad agenda, become change agents for a way of seeing the world differently, they will lose their reputation as being one of society's bullies," he said.
more... http://omaha.com/index.php?u_page=1219&u_sid=10437347
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BTW on a side note:
(see) http://rr-bb.com/showthread.php?t=30239 and: http://rr-bb.com/showthread.php?t=12961 and:
http://rr-bb.com/showthread.php?t=45133
for what Countryside Community Church of Omaha helps promote
they BTW are inviting the infamous Bishop Spong to speak next month. :ohno :ohno
Still no word if these "tolerant" liberal church will allow any bible beleiving preachers
to speak there since all of triple C of Omaha's speakers in the last few years have been all "progressive christians"