As evangelical Christians committed to the Lord Jesus Christ and the full authority of the Word of God, we affirm that God lays total claims on the lives of his people. We cannot, therefore, separate our lives in Christ from the situation in which God has placed us in, in the United States and . . . . .
Ronald J. Sider (PhD, Yale University) is the founder and president emeritus of Evangelicals for Social Action and distinguished professor of theology, holistic ministry, and public policy at Palmer Theological Seminary in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania. He is the author of numerous books, including The Early Church on Killing, the bestselling Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger, and The Scandal of the Evangelical Conscience.