In a November 8 media conference call, the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) released its new resolution calling for multilateral reductions in nuclear arms. It suggested that possession of nukes may be idolatrous. But it did not explain how to handle nuclear armed adversaries unwilling to disarm. NAE represents more than 45,000 local churches from over 40 different denominations.
This resolution was influenced by the “2 Futures Project," a group funded by left-leaning philanthropies that advocates complete abolition of nuclear weapons. Although not himself a board member, that project's chief, Tyler Wigg-Stevenson, was present at the NAE board's October board meeting to help explain the resolution before the board voted on it. He also had participated in a key planning meeting on the resolution over the summer.
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