Sojourners
Sojourners "ministries grew out of the Sojourners Community, located in Southern Columbia Heights, an inner-city neighborhood in Washington, D.C. The community began at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois, in The Post American, Jan-Feb 1973 the early 1970s when a handful of students began meeting to discuss the relationship between their faith and political issues, particularly the Vietnam War. In 1971, the group decided to create a publication that would express their convictions and test whether other people of faith had similar beliefs. What emerged was an publication committed to social justice and peace: The Post-American...
"In 1995, Sojourners founded Call to Renewal, with many other partners and organizations, to specifically focus on poverty by uniting churches and faith-based organizations across the theological and political spectrum to lift up those whom Jesus called "the least of these." For more than a decade Call to Renewal convened the broadest Christian table on poverty in America. In 2006, Sojourners and Call to Renewal re-united organizationally under the name Sojourners/Call to Renewal. In October 2007, the organizational name returned to Sojourners, while the special forcus on uniting churches on poverty continued to be a priority in the advocacy work of Sojourners." [1]
- Editor-in-Chief/Chief Executive Officer, Jim Wallis
- Chief Operating Officer, Chuck Gutenson
Contents
Directors
Accessed December 2008: [2]
- David Batstone
- Michael Battle
- Angela Glover Blackwell
- Peter Borgdorff
- Bart Campolo
- Chuck Collins
- David Cortright
- Yvonne Delk
- Ray East
- Robert Franklin, Jr.
- Ivy George
- Wes Granberg-Michaelson
- Michael Kieschnick
- Linda LeSourd Lader
- Christa Mazzone Palmberg
- Mike McCurry
- Brian McLaren
- Debra McLeod Sears
- Mary Nelson
- Judy Mussa
- Glenn Palmberg
- Staccato Powell
- Soong-Chan Rah
- Gabriel Salguero
- Ron Sider
- Helene Slessarev-Jamir
- Glen Stassen
- Jim Wallis
- Bill Watanabe
- Sharon Watkins
- Barbara Williams-Skinner
Contact
- Web: http://www.sojo.net
Resources and articles
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