diaz@aecom.UUCP (11/02/86)
I am trying to get in touch with Evangelicals for Social Action (ESA).
If anyone could email their address to moi, I would really appreciate
it. [I'd also be happy for a brief description of the group to be
posted to the group. --clh]
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dn/dx = Dan Diaz (philabs!aecom!diaz)
Department of Molecular Biology & Pizza Chemistry AECOM
"Hold the E.coli"pmd@cbdkc1.UUCP (11/17/86)
[I've taken the liberty of removing the address and membership fee from this posting, so that it does not appear to be a solictation. I know it wasn't meant that way, but I've been through enough with mod.politics to want to stay very far away from any such issues. I'd be happy to give the address to anyone who is interested. Am I going too far with this? I'm used to Arpanet rules, which are very clear. But with mod.newprod, Usenet may have a different tradition. --clh] In article <6692@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU> diaz@aecom.UUCP (Dan Diaz) writes: >I am trying to get in touch with Evangelicals for Social Action (ESA). >If anyone could email their address to moi, I would really appreciate >it. [I'd also be happy for a brief description of the group to be >posted to the group. --clh] [.. address omitted .. --clh] I've contributed to ESA and have been on their member mailing list for about a year and a half, now. They are a "left-leaning" evangelical organization formed to focus and stimulate the concern of evangelicals on many social issues like abortion (they are basically pro-life), nuclear arms (bi-lateral disarmament), womens rights, poverty, etc. The do not support homosexual rights (as defined by the agenda of those groups). Vernon Grounds is president of ESA. Ron Sider is Chairperson. I don't think ESA goes as far to the left as, say, the Sojourners evangelical group, but Jim Wallis (Sojourners founder) is on the board of ESA. [..membership fee omitted .. --clh] For that you get a newsletter that rotates between three basic formats: "Public Policy Report", deals with a different topic each issue; "Parley" deals with arms control (This issue is a high priority for ESA); "Update" contains news about ESA projects, workshops, etc. as well as news from local chapters. Overall, I think ESA is a definite force for good. They concentrate on combating institutional evil, which has been a weak emphasis among evangelicals since the rise of fundementalism in the early part of this century. I don't think they go so far as to be proclaiming the Social Gospel. In my opinion, they are doing much to fill the gap evangelicals have had between evangelism and social action. It's a shame that evangelicals have let so much of the social concerns go to the liberals. The evangel speaks to both personal and social evils. ESA is a little too unbalanced to gain my whole hearted personal support, but I welcome their emphasis in the evangelical camp because I hope to see it correct the serious imbalance that has existed for too long. [After writing the above paragraph, I received the latest issue of ESA's Public Policy Report. It features an article by Ron Sider entitled, "A New Covenant of Respect, Integrity and Biblical Faithfulness" (reprinted from the Oct. 86 issue of "The Christian Century"). It is a call for unity and cooperation among evangelicals in the area of witness and social concerns. It is an excellent article. My support of ESA just moved another notch toward whole-heartedness. I highly reccommend that Christians (especially evangelicals) get a copy and read it. -pmd] Paul Dubuc cbdkc1!pmd