Quote of the Day: National Council of Churches General Secretary Bob Edgar
“There are those who try to dilute our witness and mislead our friends by suggesting that the National Council of Churches is a partisan, left-wing organization. But you know who it is that calls us to pursue peace, fight poverty and injustice, and care for the Earth. It is the Prince of Peace who each day of his life showed his bias for the poor and prayed to the creator who gave us this beautiful world.”
-The Rev. Bob Edgar, general secretary of the National Council of Churches, addressing criticism that his New York-based ecumenical agency has become politically liberal. He spoke to a gathering of the Progressive National Baptist Convention in Detroit.
