TRENDING: Some evangelicals on defensive over partnering with Glenn Beck, a Mormon CNN Belief Blog Blogs
A handful of prominent evangelical activists are defending their decision to attend television host Glenn Beck’s conservative rally in Washington this weekend after some Christians complained that evangelicals shouldn’t be partnering with Beck because of his Mormon faith.
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“There is no need to ‘de-Christianize’ each other over the matter,” wrote Jim Garlow, an influential California pastor, in a five-page memo this week arguing that evangelicals can attend Beck’s rally and partner with the television and radio personality in good conscience.
“Glenn Beck is being used by God - mightily,” Garlow wrote in the memo, which was obtained by CNN. “The left loves to slam him and do so viscerally and often with vulgarities. Glenn is not perfect… But his expose on America’s sins is stellar.”