Evangelical? If you run a soup kitchen, prison ministry, or a home for the mentally disabled, to stay operational you’ll need to rethink — or hide — that label if U.S. District Judge Robert W. Pratt’s ruling against Prison Fellowship Ministries’ InnerChange is allowed to stand. Otherwise, it could very well cost your ministry a lot of money in punitive damages, or even completely shut down your outreach.
A great deal of Judge Pratt’s negative ruling centers on his own concocted definition of evangelical Christianity, said Mark Earley, president of Prison Fellowship (PFM). “His (Pratt’s) definition will make the hair stand up on the back of your neck, because of the erroneous nature of his definition and its caricature-like quality.”
According to Judge Pratt’s definition, you’ll be surprised to learn that Evangelicals:
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