{"id":2506,"date":"2011-09-08T07:27:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-08T11:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/on_the_front_lines_of_the_culture_wars\/?p=2506"},"modified":"2011-09-07T15:32:06","modified_gmt":"2011-09-07T19:32:06","slug":"muslims-buddhists-hindus-to-speak-at-national-cathedrals-911-service-but-no-evangelicals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/on_the_front_lines_of_the_culture_wars\/2011\/09\/muslims-buddhists-hindus-to-speak-at-national-cathedrals-911-service-but-no-evangelicals.html","title":{"rendered":"Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus on National Cathedral&#8217;s 9\/11 program, but no evangelicals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., has scheduled \u201cA Call to Compassion\u201d interfaith prayer vigil on Sept. 11 &#8212; however not a single protestant or evangelical has been invited to participate.<\/p>\n<p>Who was invited?\u00a0A Roman Catholic bishop, a Jewish rabbi, Buddhist nun, a Hindu priest, the president of the Islamic Society of North America and a Muslim musician.<\/p>\n<p>Notably excluded are\u00a016.6 million\u00a0Southern Baptists, America&#8217;s largest protestant denomination.\u00a0Completely left off the program was anybody\u00a0represented by the National Association of Evangelicals: No Prebyterians, Methodists, Lutherans,\u00a0Congregationalists, Wesleyans or Mennonites. 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