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Interview: NAE President Leith Anderson on Richard Cizik's Resignation

'If he did not appropriately represent NAE, then he has lost credibility as a spokesperson.'

Interview by Sarah Pulliam | posted 12/11/2008 01:58PM

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It seems like the NAE's focus has been to bring evangelicals together to speak on political issues such as creation care and torture and other issues. Does this situation call into question whether the NAE has become too political in the last decade or so?

In our last board meeting, we had a major presentation related to mental and moral health for clergy. The year before, we brought in an expert about church health and church growth. None of those things made news stories, but those are things that we are constantly doing.

In a general election year especially, the interest goes to what is happening in the political scene. Because evangelicals have been a major influence on American culture, obviously there's an interest in this. But it's a misunderstanding of who we are to neglect the core of our beliefs and issues of the church and faith. It would be enormously helpful if people could understand that what we are about is the Bible and personal faith in Jesus Christ.

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Anna	Posted: December 19, 2008 3:15 PM


How about a prayer for the NAE and its leadership. God expects charity from us all. The NAE is swatting at gnats and can't feel God pulsing in its heart. I'm sad. Pray for the evangelicals who are estranged from the NAE. Take away their frustration and loneliness as they struggle to obey and spread the Good News. God is there for them.

Keith

Posted: December 18, 2008 2:52 PM


Leave it to Leith Anderson to once again project a condescending and arrogant tone.

Tony	Posted: December 16, 2008 7:09 PM


Cizik is a great loss. Could the person interviewed have been any more vague? 28 years and one rather mild comment and he's out? Come on NAE, get a grip! Where is the charity?

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