Samuel G. Freedman, in the New York Times, reports from Wheaton, Ill., otherwise known as the “evangelical Vatican,” on the increasingly prevalent commitment of young evangelicals to social justice work:
“Jesus, when he lived on this earth, was with the poor and the outcasts,” [Jenna Liao, a volunteer coordinator for World Relief in her early twenties] said in an interview. “And I want to be where God was at.”
Among her colleagues in the Wheaton office of World Relief is Matthew Soerens, who at 26 has already written a book, with Jenny Hwang, on immigration reform from an evangelical Christian perspective, “Welcoming the Stranger.” The executive director of the office, Hayley Meksi, is 32.
“It’s not that we’ve rejected the issues that our parents were concerned about,” Mr. Soerens said. “We’ve widened the spectrum of issues that can be dealt with on a biblical basis and that our Christian faith speaks to.”
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