Posted on 08/25/2015 2:09:39 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
More than 50 Christian leaders have signed on to a letter urging members of Congress to “remember the wisdom of Jesus” and approve the nuclear deal with Iran, the latest in a growing lobbying push by religious groups favoring the agreement.
The signatories, who represent denominations and organizations ranging from Catholic to Quaker to Pentecostal, praise the deal’s technical provisions while also arguing its merits on moral grounds.
“As faith leaders from the only country that has ever used nuclear weapons in war, we have a particular responsibility to speak boldly when opportunities arise that lead to nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation at home and around the world,” the 51 faith leaders write. “This historic accord moves us one small step closer to a world free of nuclear weapons.”
The letter, which will be sent to lawmakers Tuesday, goes on: “This is a moment to remember the wisdom of Jesus who proclaimed from the Sermon on the Mount, ‘Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God’ (Matthew 5:9)… There is no question we are all better off with this deal than without it.”
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
One of the signatories is named Cretin.
That fits.
So convenient that these clerics have signed their names for the First Beheadings List. They won’t mind because it made them feel so good about themselves.
SIGNATORIES:
Paul Nathan Alexander, PhD
Director, The Sider Center
President, Evangelicals for Social Action
Co-Founder, Pentecostals & Charismatics for Peace & Justice
Rev. Donald H Ashmall
Council Minister
International Council of Community Churches
Archbishop Vicken Aykazian
Legate
Armenian Orthodox Church
Bishop Warner H. Brown
President, The Council of Bishops
The United Methodist Church
Rev Julia Brown Karimu
Co-Executive
Global Ministries of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and United Church of Christ
J Ron Byler
Executive Director
Mennonite Central Committee
Sister Patricia Chappell
Executive Director
Pax Christi USA
Simone Campbell, SSS,
Executive Director
NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby
Patrick Carolan
Executive Director
Franciscan Action Network
Shane Claiborne
Founder and Board Member of The Simple Way
Red Letter Christians
Rev. Paula Clayton Dempsey
Director of Partnership Relations
Alliance of Baptists
Shan Cretin
General Secretary
American Friends Service Committee
Marie Dennis
Co-President
Pax Christi International
Rev. Dr. John Dorhauer
General Minister and President
United Church of Christ
Rev. Thomas De Vries
General Secretary
Reformed Church in America
Adam Estle*
Executive Director
Evangelicals for Middle East Understanding
Rev. Raymond Finch, MM
Superior General
Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers
Very Rev. Jim Greenfield OSFS
President
Conference of Major Superiors of Men
Sr. Antoinette Gutzler, MM
President
Maryknoll Sisters
John Hartley*
Executive Director
Pathways for Mutual Respect
Nathan Hosler
Director
Office of Public Witness
Church of the Brethren
Francis E. Kreps
Presiding Bishop Elect
Ecumenical Catholic Communion
Dr. Joel C. Hunter*
Senior Pastor
Northland, A Church Distributed
Jon Huckins*
Co-Founding Director
The Global Immersion Project
Bishop Reginald Jackson
Bishop
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Rev. Linda Jaramillo
Executive Minister
Justice and Witness Ministries, United Church of Christ
The Most Rev. Dr. Katharine Jefferts Schori
President Bishop and Primate
The Episcopal Church
Rev. Carlos Malave*
Executive Director
Christian Churches Together
Ed Martin
Director
Center for Interfaith Engagement
Eastern Mennonite University
Rev. John L. McCullough
President and CEO
Church World Service
Sister Patricia McDermott RSM
President
Sisters of Mercy of the Americas
Rev. Dr. Roy Medley
General Secretary
American Baptist Churches USA
Rev. Dr James Moos
Co-Executive
Global Ministries of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and United Church of Christ
Bishop W. Darin Moore
Bishop
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
Very Rev. Kevin Mullen, OFM
Minister Provincial , Holy Name Province
Franciscans
Rev. Timothy Mulroy, SSC
U.S. Regional Director
Missionary Society of St. Columban
Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson
Director
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Office of Public Witness
Stanley J. Noffsinger
General Secretary
Church of the Brethren
Rev. Grayde Parsons
Stated Clerk
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Alexander Patico
North American Secretary
Orthodox Christian Peace Fellowship
Diane Randall
Executive Secretary
Friends Committee on National Legislation
Fred Rotondaro
Chairman
Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good
Colin Saxton *
General Secretary
Friends United Meeting
Stephen Schneck
Director
Institute for Policy Research and Catholic Studies
Catholic University of America
Rev. Dr. Stephen J. Sidorak
Ecumenical Staff Officer
The United Methodist Church
Sam Stanton
President
Maryknoll Lay Missioners
Joan Marie Stedman, CSC
Executive Director
Leadership Conference of Women Religious
Rev. Kristin Stoneking
Executive Director
Fellowship of Reconciliation
Bishop Mary Ann Swenson
Ecumenical Officer of the Council of Bishops
The United Methodist Church
Bishop Geevarghese Mar Theodosius
Diocesan Bishop, Mar Thoma Church
Jim Wallis
President and Founder
Sojourners
Rev. Dr. Sharon Watkins
General Minister and President
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Jim Winkler
President and General Secretary
National Council of Churches
Another Jim Wallis sheep in wolves clothing subterfuge, I bet.
Here pastor, would you please sign this statement confirming your belief in the Holy Trinity?
Thank you.
Hey, we got another one...
RE: Another Jim Wallis sheep in wolves clothing subterfuge, I bet.
Good bet. He’s among the signatories.
Putting pie in the sky above boots on the ground. Sail away, my friends. Sail away to the land of dreams.
(sigh)....Maryknoll, Pax Christi. The usual assortment of far-left wing Catholic pacifist apologists.
THAT is the most blatant Orwellian Double Speak I have ever seen.
Paul Nathan Alexander, PhD
Director, The Sider Center
President, Evangelicals for Social Action
Co-Founder, Pentecostals & Charismatics for Peace & Justice
The Social Justice crowd.
http://www.evangelicalsforsocialaction.org/
I wonder what Franklin Graham thinks about it.
Will these Christian leaders lose their tax exempt status?
Will these Christian leaders lose their tax exempt status?
RE: Will these Christian leaders lose their tax exempt status?
Under Obama? Heck, they’ll get GOVERNMENT MONEY!
Jesus wasn’t suicidal. He could have called down a million angels if he wanted to. And he did say, “Sell your coat and buy a sword.”..........................
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Evangelicals for social action is a Marxist mush head club.
There is nothing evangelical nor Christian about them.
that's not what Pastor Franklin Graham, Pastor John Hagee, Hal Lindsey and many other American Christians are saying. Take note of the list and that the liberal org Politico publicized it; Catholics, Methodists and representatives and various rogue branches of the Christian faith. "Blessed are the peace makers", not those who are foolish enough to fall for this false treaty with the very nation who feeds and supports Muslim terrorists who by their faith in their Islamic doctrine are obligated to murder Christians, Jews and infidels. I seriously doubt that Jesus would approve of such an agreement that will most assuredly result in another human holocaust but Satan certainly would.
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