Evangelical Manifesto

Two days ago, a group of 80 evangelical leaders (including Jim Wallis, Os Guinness, Richard Mouw, and Dallas Willard) released "An Evangelical Manifesto."  The document's two purposes are "first to address the confusions and corruptions that attend the term evangelical in the United States and much of the Western world today, and second to clarify where we stand on issues that have caused consternation over Evangelicals in public life."  It is well worth reading.  It is also noteworthy that more polarizing figures such as James Dobson and Richard Land are not among the signatories.  And a spokesperson for Concerned Women for America said the manifesto was "blurring the distinctions between liberal and conservative" and confusing Christian voters about the most important issues: abortion and gay marriage.  Under this approach, I suppose that even discussing any issues other than abortion and gay marriage as relevant considerations for Christian voters must be written off as "confusing."