WASHINGTON –
Evangelical voters are almost always identified with two issues: abortion and marriage. But some see a growing evangelical movement that advocates on a broader range of issues such as reducing poverty and improving public education, according to an online poll of Beliefnet readers released by the spiritual Web site.
Panel moderator Jim Wallis, the founder and editor-in-chief of Sojourners magazine, said there’s a "new face today of what it means to be evangelical," with activists translating the lessons of Scripture into addressing issues such as AIDS in Africa and global warming. And he says that the people of faith who engage those issues could spark a "great awakening" of a movement for social justice issues.
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