{"id":998,"date":"2007-06-15T16:40:26","date_gmt":"2007-06-15T16:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godspolitics\/2007\/06\/duane-shank-what-is-sojourners.html"},"modified":"2007-06-15T16:40:26","modified_gmt":"2007-06-15T16:40:26","slug":"duane-shank-what-is-sojourners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godspolitics\/2007\/06\/duane-shank-what-is-sojourners.html","title":{"rendered":"Duane Shank: What is Sojourners?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The news coverage of our candidates forum<\/a> was a good chance to see how Sojourners is described in the media. The three best were The Washington Times <\/em>(interestingly), McClatchy Newspapers<\/em>, and The Miami Herald<\/em>:<\/p>\n

The Washington Times<\/em>: “Sojourners, a Christian social justice network”
\nMcClatchy Newspapers: “Sojourners\/Call to Renewal, a Christian group focused on social justice issues”
\nThe Miami Herald<\/em>: “Sojourners, a Christian ministry that advocates social justice”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The rest were an interesting variety:<\/p>\n

The New York Times<\/em>: “a liberal evangelical group, Sojourners”
\nThe Washington Post<\/em>: “Sojourners, a liberal evangelical group”
\nChicago Tribune<\/em>: “Sojourners\/Call to Renewal, an evangelical Christian organization that emphasizes progressive social causes”
\nThe Associated Press: “the liberal Sojourners\/Call to Renewal evangelical organization”
\nThe Christian Science Monitor<\/em>: “the progressive Christian group Sojourners”
\nFinancial Times<\/em>: “Sojourners, a centre-left evangelical group”
\nThe Columbus Dispatch<\/em>: “a liberal evangelical Christian group called Sojourners\/Call to Renewal”
\nReligion News Service: “Sojourners\/Call to Renewal, a Washington-based network of evangelical social justice advocates”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What do you think? Which description do you find most accurate? How would you describe Sojourners in one sentence?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The news coverage of our candidates forum was a good chance to see how Sojourners is described in the media. 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