Evangelical Civic Responsibility

The National Association of Evangelicals has published a very interesting document detailing its vision of Christian political involvement. The New York Times has written an article on the document. The politics of the Evangelical movement often focus on a very narrow slate of issues, from abortion to same sex marriage. As this document makes clear, our responsibilities as the "salt of the Earth" go far beyond those issues. The NAE recognizes that, as the Times writes, "racial injustice, religious freedom, poverty in the United States and abroad, human rights, environmentalism and advancing peace through nonviolent conflict resolution" are all in the scope of Biblical involvement in the world.