National Association of Evangelicals

The Trinity Forum and the National Association Of Evangelicals (NAE) Platforms PRIDE-Celebrating ‘Pastor’

Adam Russell Taylor, the president of Sojourners and a pastor ordained in the American Baptist Church + the Progressive National Baptist Convention, will be joining National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) president Walter Kim for a presentation on “civic discipleship,” teaching Christians how to “participate in public life” i.e. politics. The event is being sponsored by The Trinity Forum, a Christian organization founded by Os Guinness.

Sojourners describes itself as “an ecumenical Christian media and advocacy organization that works towards social and racial justice.”

In 2022, Taylor wrote an op-ed for the publication about bans on what he labels “gender-affirming care” for “trans kids.” He declared: “these bills and efforts represent an assault on imago dei and contradict the Great Commandment [to love one’s neighbor] (Matthew 22:36-40).”

Last year during Pride Month, Sojourners ran a series of articles titled “The Joy of Being Queer and Christian.” The headlines in the series:

“Asexual and Aromantic People Are Often Forgotten, But God Sees Us”

“The Trinity Delights In My Unique Trans, Nonbinary Identity”

“Black, Butch, Queer — and Baptized Into God’s Scandalous Love”

“Mary, Mother of God, Help Me Find Queer Joy”

“Led Out in Joy, with Rainbow Cookies and Fresca”

“God Created Me To Be a Transgender Man”

“How the Pride Flag Speaks to the Promises of God”

That same month, Taylor shared a photo of himself and other Sojourner staffers on their office balcony having a “Popsicles For Pride” event, with several of his subordinates waving “Progress Pride” flags.

This is not the kind of mealy-mouthed, “I hold to biblical sexual ethics but cannot abide homophobia” fence-riding you see throughout the evangelical publishing industry. This is full-blown “queerness of the Trinity” liberalism.

There is very little chance that the NAE’s Walter Kim and The Trinity Forum, led by Cherie Harder, are not aware of Taylor’s activism on this issue. We’re reached out to both organizations and will update this article if any comment is forthcoming.

These organizations are presenting Taylor, who cannot even co-sign bans on transing kids, as an expert on Christian political witness.

2 John 10-11 warns Christians regarding false teachers: “Do not take them into your house or welcome them. Anyone who welcomes them shares in their wicked work.”

This article was written by Woke Preacher TV on his FB page and has been (mildy) adapted and posted with permission.

National Association of Evangelicals Lobbied Senators to Support Pro-LBGTQ “Respect for Marriage Act”

In The National Association of Evangelicals Fiddles While Healthy Breasts Burn, we previously explained how the group has become increasingly entrenched in their recalcitrance and pitiful in their irrelevancy.

Led by Walter Kim and having Ed Stetzer on their Executive Committee, the lobbying group that represents tens of thousands of churches from over 40 denominations recently demonstrated their lack of representation by supporting a legislative initiative called Fairness for All, which sought to codify sexual orientation and gender identity as protected classes, adding them to federal nondiscrimination laws. This is in addition to a thousand other progressive cuts and hot takes perfectly by their newly released blockbuster report Loving the Least of These.

Recently, Kim wrote to Senators Tammy Baldwin and Susan Collins seeking to squeeze them into supporting the Respect for Marriage Act, a brutish misnomer of a name if there ever was one.

According to the Hill, the bill would “require the federal government to recognize a marriage if it was valid in the state where it was performed and guarantee that valid marriages are given full faith and credit in other states.” while also protecting religious groups from being forced to accommodate them (even though it won’t do the latter at all.)

Kim called the legislation “important, commonsense provisions” and thanked the politicians for “diligently working to ensure the inclusion of important religious freedom protections” in the act.

Noted Christian scholar Robert Gagnon expressed his disbelief at NAE’s actions, calling for the Resignation of Kim for supporting “the worst legislation in my lifetime, which pulls the rug out from any reasonable definition of marriage.

When NAE pushed back, offering that “NAE supported the religious liberty protections in the Respect for Marriage Act, but did not endorse the bill as a whole,” Gagnon doubled down, writing:

“This response by the NAE to my calling for Kim’s resignation is a prime example of doublespeak. Kim falsely extolled the bill as a whole for “advancing religious freedom for all.” Last year he lamented a Christian “winner-take-all” approach & supported “gay rights” legislation.”

Twitter user Tyler points out the real issue here with the NAE and other groups like them, a resignation to playing the defense rather than an aggressive insistence on going on the offensive.

That the NAE would such forethought and clarity of purpose.