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Guardian 02/19/2003
Jim Wallis, the director of the Evangelical Sojourners movement, said: "The British government and people are in a better position to influence...
ABC News 02/07/2003
"What Bob Riley is doing is acting like a Christian," said the Rev. Jim Wallis, the editor of Sojourners, a Christian magazine that focuses...
The Times 02/04/2003
Calling the war against Iraq a sin of the highest order, a local group of theologians urged U.S. churches yesterday to oppose the war, protest with...
Sydney Morning Herald 01/27/2003
We appeal to President George W. Bush today, not in anger but in hope," the Reverend Jim Wallis pleaded, "to win this battle without war....
Guardian 01/24/2003
"We appeal to President Bush, to a fellow brother in Christ, to win this battle without war, to transform our swords into ploughshares and, yes...
The New Republic 01/23/2003
Democrats might also get some pointers from the Reverend Jim Wallis, founding editor of Sojourners, a bi-monthly progressive Christian commentary on...
The Washington Post 01/21/2003
At Washington National Cathedral, the 90-minute King Day service was as much an antiwar event as a religious observance. The audience of several...
allAfrica.com 01/12/2003
"This is the issue Jesus talked so much about," said Reverend James Wallis. "As you have done to the least of them, so you have done...
The Associated Press 01/12/2003
Jim Wallis says nine-thousand people will die today of AIDS. He says the victims "overwhelmingly are poor people."
Roundtable on Religion and Social Welfare Policy 01/07/2003
"Good people are feeling betrayed, overwhelmed and stressed because they face this nightmare of increasing need and diminishing resources. We...
The San Francisco Chronicle 12/10/2002
"Despite the claims of the White House, many church leaders are now making it publicly clear that America does not speak with one voice on going...
The Washington Post 12/10/2002
"A congressional decision has been made, and many regard this as the end of the national debate on war with Iraq. We are here to say the vote in...
Jim Wallis in the Boston Globe 12/09/2002
Opposition to war with Iraq has come from a wide spectrum of the churches - Roman Catholic, Protestant denominations, Evangelical, Pentecostal, black...
National Catholic Reporter 11/19/2002
Ackerman and Jack Duvall, director of the International Center for Nonviolent Conflict, recently co-authored "Weapons of the Will," an...
Chronicle Online 10/25/2002
Jim Wallis, a pastor and political activist, urged nonviolent alternatives to the war in Iraq and criticized the situation's impact on poverty...
EthicsDaily.com 08/20/2002
A number of months ago, Jim Wallis, editor in chief of Sojourners magazine, wrote a column asking, "Where Do Enron Execs Go to Church?" He...
Religion News Service 07/17/2002
Jim Wallis, president of the faith-based anti-poverty group Call to Renewal, said the last time Congress reauthorized welfare payments in 1996, many...
EAUK 06/28/2002
Jim Wallis started by saying we still don’t understand material poverty very well, that we are often tempted to ignore it--or even deny its very...
CRSwire 06/17/2002
"David Batstone is pioneering a new and powerful model that helps people negotiate the tough intersection of their values and their work lives....
The Washington Post 02/26/2002
Jim Wallis, who heads Call to Renewal, a federation of religious organizations dedicated to winning the poor a better break, suggests a formula for...