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These people created the Global Engagement Network (gen) as a home for a growing group of Christians who do not accept simplistic answers to global issues. Tired of the leftover left and the righteous right, these Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant followers of Jesus:
The common conviction of this group of GlobalChristians is God's sovereignty. GlobalChristians are disciples who believe that "the earth is the Lord's and all that is in it" (Psalms 24:1). This term embodies the holistic, global perspective found in Genesis 1 & 2, as well as in the declaration of Christ before issuing the Great Commission: "All things in heaven and earth are under my authority" (Matthew 28:18). GlobalChristians want to make their faith relevant to the most difficult places and issues in the world.
Lucy Dunderdale, Program Officer
Lucy is Education Program Officer at the Institute for Global Engagement and writes for GlobalChristian.org.
Chris Seiple, President
Before coming to the Institute, Seiple was an Earhart Fellow at the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy at Tufts University, where he wrote his dissertation on "U.S.-Uzbekistan Relations," receiving his Ph.D. in 2007.
Matthew Scott, Executive Director, Global Engagement Network
Matthew Scott directs the Global Engagement Network and is the Web Editor for GlobalChristian.org.
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The 2008 Global Leadership Forum, September 26-27, will feature conversations among leading evangelical thinkers and representatives from other faith traditions on the diverse challenges facing evangelicalism in this new century. Read more »
