April 2011
The Board of Directors of the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) approved a resolution at its semiannual meeting in March calling on the President and Congress to address the national debt in a way that protects and lifts up the poor. (read more)
More than 60,000 people are raped or sexually abused in U.S. prisons each year. Advocate for strong standards against prison rape. The Department of Justice is accepting comments through April 4. (read more and take action)
“It’s in our human nature to want to prepare ourselves – physically, emotionally, spiritually – for what might be ahead,” said Leith Anderson, President of the NAE. The January Evangelical Leaders Survey showed that 65 percent identify with premillennial theology, 13 percent with amillennial and 4 percent with postmillennial. Seventeen percent responded “other.” (read more)
The NAE Generation Forum Project Director is a full-time, at will, exempt professional position. Launched in 2009, the Generation Forum works to mobilize evangelicals toward cooperative efforts and practical solutions that will create an environment where sex is honored, life is cherished, and the number of abortions is reduced. (see the job description)
Join Joel Hunter, Jo Anne Lyon, Michael Gerson, Nicholas Wolterstorff, and other leading evangelicals for two days of intensive discussion on an evangelical advocacy response to global childhood hunger at Dallas Baptist University, May 24-25, co-sponsored by the NAE. Early bird registration is only $139, housing only $20. (read more)
NAE Friends' Events
The World Evangelical Alliance is seeking 1,000 citizen journalists to submit video stories to Crossroads Communications’ myVU site for broadcasting via television and the web. (read more)
The National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference launched the Cinco de Mayo Prayer Initiative to encourage prayer during the 21 days leading up to May 5th for violence, murder, trafficking, smuggling, kidnapping and drug cartels along the Mexico/U.S. border. (read more)
For more evangelical events, go to www.evangelicalevents.com
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