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LTRP Note:<\/strong> On November 23rd, 2007, we posted an article titled “Rick Warren, Bill Hybels, Brian McLaren and other Contemplative\/Emerging Leaders Invite Muslims to Love God, Neighbors Together”<\/span><\/strong><\/a>. The following article from the Christian Post is a follow up of that situation.<\/p>\n

“Influential Evangelicals Withdraw from Christian-Muslim Statement”
\nChristian Post<\/em>
\ncourtesy True Discernment<\/p>\n

Administrators from one of the most influential evangelical colleges in the country removed their names from a controversial letter addressed to Muslim leaders that some say compromises the Christian faith.<\/p>\n

Wheaton College president Duane Litfin, provost Stanton Jones and chaplain Stephen Kellough decided to back away from the letter that they had originally endorsed along with nearly 300 Christian leaders in November in response to an October statement (“A Common Word Between Us and You”) from 138 Muslim scholars and clerics who called for interfaith cooperation for world peace….<\/p>\n

The Christian-endorsed statement — which included such signatories as Rick Warren of Saddleback Church, Billy Hybels of Willow Creek Community Church, and Leith Anderson of the National Association of Evangelicals — urged for interfaith dialogue that would build relations and reshape the Christian and Islam communities….<\/p>\n

Recognizing that the statement could have been written differently to avoid vagueness of the Christian faith, Litfin said he could not support a statement that speaks as if Quran’s Allah and the God of Christians are the same.<\/p>\n

Click here to read this entire article from the Christian Post.<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Related News:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wheaton College Promoting Spiritual Formation and Contemplative Spirituality<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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