Progressive Christians March Across America

Progressive Christians March Across America
by Lori Smith






A small group of Christians will leave Phoenix on Easter Sunday to begin a four-and-a-half month, 2,500-mile walk to Washington, D.C. for a project named CrossWalkAmerica. Co-president Eric Elnes, senior pastor at Scottsdale Congregational United Church of Christ, told RBL, "We're walking in support of the three great loves that Jesus teaches us. He says that at the heart of everything is love of God, neighbor and self."

Added Elnes, "The public face of Christianity in America today seems to be very much different from my own beliefs; "often directly opposed."

Another motivation was "positive hope, that there are a lot of people who believe that you can be a lover of Jesus and also a lover of the environment, a lover of Jesus and love the poor, a lover of Jesus and love gays and lesbians, or be a gay or lesbian. We wanted to go from silence to joyful proclamation."

Awesome.