{"id":1775,"date":"2008-05-07T01:30:10","date_gmt":"2008-05-07T05:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=1775"},"modified":"2026-07-19T14:25:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T21:25:36","slug":"an-evangelical-manifesto-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/an-evangelical-manifesto-released\/","title":{"rendered":"“An Evangelical Manifesto” Released"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

LTRP Note:<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An Introduction<\/strong><\/em>
“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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“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.”<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click here to read the “Evangelical Manifesto.”<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of the signers include:<\/strong>
* The signers we have listed below are from organizations that promote contemplative spirituality to one degree or another. Kay Arthur is the exception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leith Anderson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don Argue
Chancellor, Northwest University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kay Arthur
Founder, Precept Ministries<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mark Bailey
President, Dallas Theological Seminary<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mark Batterson
Pastor, National Community Church, Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doug Birdsall
Executive Chair, The Lausanne Movement<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Darrell Bock
Research Professor of New Testament, Dallas Theological Seminary<\/p>\n\n\n\n

George Brushaber
President, Bethel University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bob Buford
Businessman\/Founder, Leadership Network<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/span><\/strong> regarding this, and his name has now been removed from the list.
President, Liberty Theological Seminary\/Author<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M. Daniel Carroll R.
Distinguished Professor of Old Testament, Denver Seminary<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Loren Cunningham Co-Founder, Youth With A Mission<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jack Hayford
Founding Pastor, The Church on The Way, President, International Church of the Foursquare Gospel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dean Hirsch
President, World Vision International<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kelly Monroe Kullberg
The Veritas Forum<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duane Litfin
President, Wheaton College<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Max Lucado
Senior Pastor, Oak Hills Church, San Antonio, Texas, Author<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Erwin Lutzer
Pastor, Moody Church, Chicago, Illinois, Gordon MacDonald Author\/Pastor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

J. P. Moreland
Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Biola University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shirley Mullen
President, Houghton College<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mark Noll
Professor of History, University of Notre Dame<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Ortberg
Pastor, Menlo Park Presbyterian Church, Menlo Park, California<\/p>\n\n\n\n

William Pannell
Senior Professor of Preaching, Fuller Theological Seminary<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mel Robeck
Professor of Ecumenics, Fuller Seminary<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marguerite Shuster
Professor Preaching, Fuller Theological Seminary<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ronald J. Sider
President, Evangelicals for Social Action<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harold Smith
Editor in Chief and CEO, Christianity Today International<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rich Stearns
President, World Vision U.S. Joe Stowell President, Cornerstone University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stephen Strang
Founder, Charisma Magazine<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jim Wallis
Founder and Editor, Sojourners Magazine<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amos Yong
Professor of Theology, Regent University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/em>, he is one of the signers: “Evangelical Manifesto” calls for reform<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LTRP Note: Lighthouse Trails is…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":114,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122,71],"tags":[72,1623,26],"class_list":["post-1775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-global-spirituality","category-contemplative-colleges","tag-christian-colleges","tag-cornerstone-university","tag-emerging-church","wpcat-122-id","wpcat-71-id"],"yoast_head":"\n"An Evangelical Manifesto" Released - From the Lighthouse<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/an-evangelical-manifesto-released\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\""An Evangelical Manifesto" Released\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"LTRP Note: Lighthouse Trails is...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/an-evangelical-manifesto-released\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"From the Lighthouse\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LighthouseTrailsResearch\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2008-05-07T05:30:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-07-19T21:25:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Lighthouse Trails Editors\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@LTrails\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@LTrails\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Lighthouse Trails Editors\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/an-evangelical-manifesto-released\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/an-evangelical-manifesto-released\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Lighthouse Trails Editors\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a36b703d7722ce85599858df8bacc0a5\"},\"headline\":\"“An Evangelical Manifesto” Released\",\"datePublished\":\"2008-05-07T05:30:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-19T21:25:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/an-evangelical-manifesto-released\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":504,\"commentCount\":0,\"keywords\":[\"Christian colleges\",\"cornerstone university\",\"emerging church\"],\"articleSection\":[\"A GLOBAL SPIRITUALITY\",\"Contemplative Colleges\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/an-evangelical-manifesto-released\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/an-evangelical-manifesto-released\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/an-evangelical-manifesto-released\\\/\",\"name\":\"\\\"An Evangelical Manifesto\\\" Released - From the Lighthouse\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2008-05-07T05:30:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-19T21:25:36+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a36b703d7722ce85599858df8bacc0a5\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/an-evangelical-manifesto-released\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/an-evangelical-manifesto-released\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/an-evangelical-manifesto-released\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"“An Evangelical Manifesto” Released\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"From the Lighthouse\",\"description\":\""A Light Shining in the Darkness"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a36b703d7722ce85599858df8bacc0a5\",\"name\":\"Lighthouse Trails Editors\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5b0734c3bb2300379e17b3ec5e7fd8bf9b7ce024b5c81e38e411fc7b63e9b332?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5b0734c3bb2300379e17b3ec5e7fd8bf9b7ce024b5c81e38e411fc7b63e9b332?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5b0734c3bb2300379e17b3ec5e7fd8bf9b7ce024b5c81e38e411fc7b63e9b332?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Lighthouse Trails Editors\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/lighthouse-trails-editors\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"\"An Evangelical Manifesto\" Released - From the Lighthouse","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/an-evangelical-manifesto-released\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"\"An Evangelical Manifesto\" Released","og_description":"LTRP Note: Lighthouse Trails is...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/an-evangelical-manifesto-released\/","og_site_name":"From the Lighthouse","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LighthouseTrailsResearch","article_published_time":"2008-05-07T05:30:10+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-07-19T21:25:36+00:00","author":"Lighthouse Trails Editors","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@LTrails","twitter_site":"@LTrails","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Lighthouse Trails Editors","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/an-evangelical-manifesto-released\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/an-evangelical-manifesto-released\/"},"author":{"name":"Lighthouse Trails Editors","@id":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a36b703d7722ce85599858df8bacc0a5"},"headline":"“An Evangelical Manifesto” Released","datePublished":"2008-05-07T05:30:10+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-19T21:25:36+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/an-evangelical-manifesto-released\/"},"wordCount":504,"commentCount":0,"keywords":["Christian colleges","cornerstone university","emerging church"],"articleSection":["A GLOBAL SPIRITUALITY","Contemplative Colleges"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/an-evangelical-manifesto-released\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/an-evangelical-manifesto-released\/","url":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/an-evangelical-manifesto-released\/","name":"\"An Evangelical Manifesto\" Released - From the Lighthouse","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2008-05-07T05:30:10+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-19T21:25:36+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a36b703d7722ce85599858df8bacc0a5"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/an-evangelical-manifesto-released\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/an-evangelical-manifesto-released\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/an-evangelical-manifesto-released\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"“An Evangelical Manifesto” Released"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/","name":"From the Lighthouse","description":""A Light Shining in the Darkness"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a36b703d7722ce85599858df8bacc0a5","name":"Lighthouse Trails Editors","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5b0734c3bb2300379e17b3ec5e7fd8bf9b7ce024b5c81e38e411fc7b63e9b332?s=96&d=blank&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5b0734c3bb2300379e17b3ec5e7fd8bf9b7ce024b5c81e38e411fc7b63e9b332?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5b0734c3bb2300379e17b3ec5e7fd8bf9b7ce024b5c81e38e411fc7b63e9b332?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"Lighthouse Trails Editors"},"url":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/author\/lighthouse-trails-editors\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/114"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1775"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43865,"href":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1775\/revisions\/43865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}