LTRP Note: Lighthouse Trails is posting this section of “An Evangelical Manifesto” with a link to the document itself, not as an endorsement but rather for research purposes.
An Introduction
“An Evangelical Manifesto is an open declaration of who Evangelicals are and what they stand for. It has been drafted and published by a representative group of Evangelical leaders who do not claim to speak for all Evangelicals, but who invite all other Evangelicals to stand with them and help clarify what Evangelical means in light of ‘confusions within and the consternation without’ the movement. As the Manifesto states, the signers are not out to attack or exclude anyone, but to rally and to call for reform.
“As an open declaration, An Evangelical Manifesto addresses not only Evangelicals and other Christians but other American citizens and people of all other faiths in America, including those who say they have no faith.” Click here to read the rest of the introduction and see a list of people in the “Steering Comittee.”
Click here to read the “Evangelical Manifesto.”
Some of the signers include:
* The signers we have listed below are from organizations that promote contemplative spirituality to one degree or another. Kay Arthur is the exception.
Leith Anderson
Don Argue
Chancellor, Northwest University
Kay Arthur
Founder, Precept Ministries
Mark Bailey
President, Dallas Theological Seminary
Mark Batterson
Pastor, National Community Church, Washington, D.C.
Doug Birdsall
Executive Chair, The Lausanne Movement
Darrell Bock
Research Professor of New Testament, Dallas Theological Seminary
George Brushaber
President, Bethel University
Bob Buford
Businessman/Founder, Leadership Network
Ergun Caner (Note: Ergun Caner has informed Lighthouse Trails that his name was added to the Evangelical Manifesto without his consent or knowledge. He has issued a public statement regarding this, and his name has now been removed from the list.
President, Liberty Theological Seminary/Author
M. Daniel Carroll R.
Distinguished Professor of Old Testament, Denver Seminary
Loren Cunningham Co-Founder, Youth With A Mission
Jack Hayford
Founding Pastor, The Church on The Way, President, International Church of the Foursquare Gospel
Dean Hirsch
President, World Vision International
Kelly Monroe Kullberg
The Veritas Forum
Duane Litfin
President, Wheaton College
Max Lucado
Senior Pastor, Oak Hills Church, San Antonio, Texas, Author
Erwin Lutzer
Pastor, Moody Church, Chicago, Illinois, Gordon MacDonald Author/Pastor
J. P. Moreland
Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Biola University
Shirley Mullen
President, Houghton College
Mark Noll
Professor of History, University of Notre Dame
John Ortberg
Pastor, Menlo Park Presbyterian Church, Menlo Park, California
William Pannell
Senior Professor of Preaching, Fuller Theological Seminary
Mel Robeck
Professor of Ecumenics, Fuller Seminary
Marguerite Shuster
Professor Preaching, Fuller Theological Seminary
Ronald J. Sider
President, Evangelicals for Social Action
Harold Smith
Editor in Chief and CEO, Christianity Today International
Rich Stearns
President, World Vision U.S. Joe Stowell President, Cornerstone University
Stephen Strang
Founder, Charisma Magazine
Jim Wallis
Founder and Editor, Sojourners Magazine
Amos Yong
Professor of Theology, Regent University
Rick Warren’s name does not appear on the list of signers that is posted at the Evangelical Manifesto website at this time. According to reports, such as this one from World Magazine, he is one of the signers: “Evangelical Manifesto” calls for reform
