Walter Kim, President of the National Association of Evangelicals

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Interview with Walter Kim National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) - https://www.nae.org

51:05 - Walter Kim intro 52:57 - NAE’s biggest challenges 55:02 - Evangelical label 1:06:15 - Public discipleship 1:20:27 - Evangelicals and pluralism 1:27:30 - Priorities for NAE in 2023 Links and resources mentioned: “Pub-crawling Santas get armoured vehicle stuck in Cornish hedge” (The Guardian) - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/24/pub-crawling-santas-get-armoured-vehicle-stuck-in-cornish-hedge

“Why Do We Have Butts?” (Gizmodo) - https://gizmodo.com/why-do-we-have-butts-1826004199

“The Married-Mom Advantage” (The Atlantic) - https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/12/motherhood-marriage-pandemic-covid-children/672563/ “Activism and Apathy Are Poisoning American Politics” by David French (The Dispatch) - https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/frenchpress/activism-and-apathy-are-poisoning-american-politics/

Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010 by Charles Murray - https://amzn.to/3X4UNHY

Why We’re Polarized by Ezra Klein - https://amzn.to/3jOVQ0z

Percent of Babies Born to Unmarried Mothers by State - https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosmap/unmarried/unmarried.htm

Unmarried Childbearing (U.S.) - https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/unmarried-childbearing.htm

“Presbyterian Church in America Leaves National Association of Evangelicals” (Christianity Today) - https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2022/june/presbyterian-church-leaves-nae.html

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