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Red-Letter Christians is a non-denominational movement within Evangelical Christianity. "Red-Letter" refers to New Testament verses and parts of verses printed in red ink, to indicate the words attributed to Jesus without the use of quotation marks.

History

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The organization was founded by Tony Campolo and Shane Claiborne in 2007 with the aim of bringing together evangelicals who believe in the importance of insisting on issues of social justice mentioned by Jesus (in red in some translations of the Bible).[1][2][3] They believe Christians should be paying attention to Jesus's words and example by promoting biblical values such as social justice issues.[4] These issues include the fight against poverty, the defense of peace, building strong families, respecting human rights and welcoming foreigners.

In 2019, it opened a chapter in the UK.[5][6]

In 2020, the organization had 120 social organizations and partner churches in the United States, the United Kingdom and Chile.[7]

See also

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  • Evangelical left
  • Christian humanism – Type of humanism
  • Christian values – contested ethics and morality derived from the teachings of Jesus Christ
  • Christian democracy – Christian socioeconomic model
  • Evangelicalism – Protestant Christian movement
  • Jesuism – Religious belief
  • Jesus Seminar – American biblical research project
  • Ministry of Jesus
  • New Covenant theology – Belief that Jesus Christ is the central focus of the Bible
  • Progressive Christianity – Postmodern theological approach
  • Sojourners – Progressive magazine published in the United States
  • References

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    1. ^ Nick Tabor, Can this preacher's progressive version of evangelical Christianity catch on with a new generation?, washingtonpost.com, USA, January 6, 2020
  • ^ Michael Gryboski, Tony Campolo Defends Red Letter Christians, Says Jesus's Words 'Raise the Moral Standard', christianpost.com, USA, October 17, 2016
  • ^ Sam Hodges, "Red-letter Christians" have role in faith-filled campaign, dallasnews.com, USA, June 27, 2007
  • ^ Brantley W. Gasaway, Progressive Evangelicals and the Pursuit of Social Justice, University of North Carolina Press, USA, 2014, p. 19
  • ^ Rosie Dawson, Red Letter Christians gear up for UK launch, religionnews.com, USA, January 4, 2019
  • ^ Christian Today, Red Letter Christians UK launches with united stand against knife crime, christiantoday.com, UK, 17 June 2019
  • ^ Nick Tabor, Can this preacher's progressive version of evangelical Christianity catch on with a new generation?, washingtonpost.com, USA, January 6, 2020
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