{"id":85652,"date":"2019-10-17T17:02:06","date_gmt":"2019-10-17T21:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=85652"},"modified":"2019-10-17T19:06:05","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T23:06:05","slug":"rns-national-association-of-evangelicals-names-new-president-diverse-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=85652","title":{"rendered":"(RNS) National Association of Evangelicals names new president, diverse leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scholar and minister Walter Kim, an expert on the theology of race, has been chosen as the next president of the National Association of Evangelicals.<\/p>\n<p>Kim is a pastor of Trinity Presbyterian Church in Charlottesville, Virginia. He has served on the board of the group, an umbrella organization of 40 evangelical Christian denominations, since 2013.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a proven pastor, scholar and thought leader, Walter brings an incredible combination of skills to lead the National Association of Evangelicals into the next decade,\u201d said Roy Taylor, chair of NAE\u2019s board of directors, in a Thursday (Oct. 17) announcement of Kim\u2019s election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis ability to think critically and engage charitably has garnered respect and enthusiasm among our leaders as we consider the future of the NAE and evangelicalism in America and throughout the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2019\/10\/17\/national-association-of-evangelicals-names-new-president-diverse-leadership\/\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Scholar and minister Walter Kim, an expert on the theology of race, has been chosen as the next president of the National Association of Evangelicals.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FcpZlEou9b\">https:\/\/t.co\/FcpZlEou9b<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Religion News Service (@RNS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNS\/status\/1184937127022354432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 17, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scholar and minister Walter Kim, an expert on the theology of race, has been chosen as the next president of the National Association of Evangelicals. Kim is a pastor of Trinity Presbyterian Church in Charlottesville, Virginia. He has served on<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=85652\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[209,419,108],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-americau-s-a","category-evangelicals","category-religion-culture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85652"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85655,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85652\/revisions\/85655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}