Sojourners
Washington, DC

The Call to Renewal: A Movement of Faith People for Social Transformation

We have provided support to Sojourners for its important work in developing an alternative faith-based voice to the Religious Right. The project, led by Jim Wallis, is stimulating a new political conversation around a range of issues which are deeply divisive in public life--such as race, poverty, welfare reform, and abortion. The "Call to Renewal" is a network of diverse members, including religious leaders, grassroots activists, congregations, and faith-based social change agencies. The project's first annual conference, A National Forum on Faith and Politics in Washington, DC, drew over 800 participants and front-page coverage in The New York Times. The "Call to Renewal" is a vigorous, alternative, progressive religious voice on public policy. It hopes to contribute to a more civil, community-centered and compassionate moral climate in the United States, especially towards the poor and marginalized; and a more humane national dialogue on the role of religion and public life.