 Leith Anderson is the president of the National Association of Evangelicals. He served as senior pastor at Wooddale Church for 35 years. He has a Doctor of Ministry from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, Calif., and is a graduate of Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, Ill.; Bradley University, Peoria, Ill.; and Denver Seminary, Denver, Colo. Anderson has been published in many periodicals and has written 10 books. He and his wife, Charleen, have four children.
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"The Assemblies of God is the fastest-growing religious body in Minnesota at a time when other Protestant groups are shrinking," according to the Star Tribune (Minnesota's largest newspaper). |
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"Gotcha questions" from tabloid journalists are trick questions aimed at discrediting the person answering the question rather than asking to get the truth. The Pharisees and Herodians teamed up to ask Jesus a gotcha question that was loaded with political dynamite. It was all about paying taxes, local vs. imperial government and the future direction of politics in Israel. |
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What's a Nice Christian Like You Doing in Politics? |
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It was my first major crisis as a newly graduated 24-year old pastor. And, it hit on a Saturday night. |
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Religious Freedom - Here and There |
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A group of expatriates wanted to organize a church in one of the most Muslim countries in the world. Permission was denied time after time. One of the reasons given was that evangelical Protestants don't have a Pope like the Catholics so no one could speak authoritatively on their behalf. |
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The Night Ted Haggard Made the News |
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We were watching the evening news in November 2006 when the anchor announced allegations of a scandal involving Ted Haggard, Pastor of New Life Church in Colorado Springs and President of the National Association of Evangelicals. My heart sank. |
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Human history in every culture has defined marriage as the enduring and intimate relationship of a man and a woman. This definition has established the primary expression of a family. True, different cultures and chapters of history have encouraged and endorsed varying expressions of marriage but nothing like those in our generation who are proposing a redefinition. From newspaper headlines to acts of civil disobedience there is a movement gaining momentum to legalize marriage as a relationship between persons of the same gender. |
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