Evangelists coming to Ohio to prove they’re not that weird

By Pete Kotz on Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 5:27 am

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According to those way closer to God than you, it turns out that Jesus is more into health care than stopping gays guys from marrying.

With President Bush’s approval ratings hovering at -18 degrees, evangelicals are starting to worry that they’re about to lose their grip on power. Recent polls show that most secular Americans believe that evangelists are mostly concerned with opposing abortion and gay marriage. Technically, this may be true, but they’re also concerned with stuff that matters, like the environment and poverty, according to The Sojourners/Call to Renewal, a D.C. evangelical group. So in an effort to readjust the evangelical image in the public eye, the group will host a number of “justice revival” seminars, starting in Ohio on April 16, to demonstrate to America that they’re not as scary as previously thought...