ELECTIONS 2006
Evangelicals: Divisible after all?

IN THE NORTHEAST
• Bryan Hehir is the Parker Gilbert Montgomery Professor of the Practice of Religion and Public Life at the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. He is an expert on religion and American society. Contact 617-384-7776, bryan_hehir@ksg.harvard.edu.
• Dale Kuehne is an associate professor in the department of politics at St. Anselm College, a Benedictine school in Manchester, N.H., and senior adviser to the New Hampshire Institute of Politics. He also is an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Covenant Church of America. Contact 603-222-4102, dkuehne@anselm.edu.

IN THE EAST
• Becky Garrison is the author of Red and Blue God, Black and Blue Church (Jossey-Bass, 2006) and a senior contributing editor of The Wittenburg Door, a religious satire magazine. In the book, she discusses the difficulty of finding a church that is not politically affiliated. She lives in New York City. Contact via Jossey-Bass publicity, 415-782-3213.
• Joel Rainey is interim pastor of Rolling Hills Baptist Church in Clarksville, Md. He is a supporter of the Memphis Declaration. Contact 301-490-4777.

IN THE SOUTHEAST
• Laura R. Olson is a political science professor at Clemson University in Clemson, S.C. She is co-editor of the book Christian Clergy in American Politics (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001). She says there is definitely unrest within the evangelical community over how politically aligned it has become with certain issues and a single party, and she expects to see some "peeling off" of evangelical voters to the Democratic Party in future elections. Contact 864-656-1457, laurao@clemson.edu.
• Marty Duren is a pastor of New Bethany Baptist Church in Buford, Ga., and a Southern Baptist blogger. He considers himself a "bedrock theological conservative" but has said that at Baptist meetings he feels "like a stranger in a strange land." On his blog he has said that the Southern Baptist Convention must change to reach future generations. Contact 770-945-7602.
• Tom Ascol is pastor of Grace Baptist Church in Cape Coral, Fla., and one of the signers of the Memphis Declaration. Contact 239-772-1400, tomascol@gbc-capecoral.org.
• Steve Hardy is an associate pastor at Calvary Baptist Church in Winston-Salem, N.C., and a signer of the Memphis Declaration. Contact 336-714-5455.
• Dr. Joel C. Hunter is the pastor of Northland, A Church Distributed in Longwood, Fla., and author of Right Wing, Wrong Bird: Why the Tactics of the Religious Right Won't Fly With Most Conservative Christians (Northland, 2006), in which he calls on Christians to be politically involved without sacrificing the Christian mission of service to the poor and weak. Contact via Robert Andrescik, director of communications, 407-949-7147, robert.andrescik@northlandchurch.net.

IN THE SOUTH
• Steven Brown is an assistant professor of political science at Auburn University in Auburn, Ala., where he specializes in religion and politics. Contact 334-844-5370, brown32@mail.auburn.edu.
• David P. Gushee is a senior fellow at the Center for Christian Leadership at Union University in Jackson, Tenn. He is the editor of Christians and Politics Beyond the Culture Wars: An Agenda for Engagement (Baker Book House, 2000). Contact 731-661-5024, dgushee@uu.edu.
• George G. Hunter III is a professor of church growth and evangelism at Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Ky. He is the author of Christian, Evangelical and …Democrat? (Abingdon, Aug. 2006), in which he questions the identification of the gospel with the Republican Party. He writes, "I am especially concerned for the soul and the credibility of evangelical Christianity in this land." Contact via the seminary's main office, 859-858-3581.
• Art Rogers is an associate pastor of First Baptist Church of Russellville, Ky. He was one of the signers of the Memphis Declaration, a document produced by a group of conservative Southern Baptists that outlined the need for repentance and reform within the 16 million-member denomination. Contact atr1300@yahoo.com.

IN THE MIDWEST
• The Rev. Russell Johnson is senior pastor at Fairfield Christian Church in Lancaster, Ohio. He and the Rev. Rod Parsley of World Harvest Church in Columbus have been accused by other Ohio pastors of using their churches as political platforms to advance conservative policies and Republican candidates. Contact rjohnson@fairfieldcc.org or rjohnson@ohiorestorationproject.com.
• Ron Mackey is pastor of Windsor Baptist Church in Imperial, Mo., and added his name in support of the Memphis Declaration. Contact rmackey@windsorbaptist.net.

IN THE SOUTHWEST
• J. Budziszewski is a professor of philosophy and government at the University of Texas at Austin and a fellow at the Discovery Institute. He is the author of Evangelicals in the Public Square: Four Formative Voices on Political Thought and Action (Baker Academic, 2006), in which he suggests that evangelicals could enhance their political clout if they could learn to draw on the broader lexicon of natural law to justify their public policy proposals. Contact 512-232-7229; jbud@austin.rr.com.
• The Rev. Benjamin Cole is pastor at Parkview Baptist Church in Arlington, Texas, and a blogger. In a recent entry, he said, "The Southern Baptist Convention is rank with nepotism, cronyism, favoritism and a network of political spoils distribution." Contact 817-275-2696.
• The Rev. Frederick Haynes III is the senior pastor of Friendship-West Baptist Church in Dallas. In June, his church held a conference of African-American pastors at which they criticized megachurches for abandoning the gospel in favor of prosperity gospel. Many of those they criticized - including T.D. Jakes and Creflo Dollar - are supporters of the Bush administration. Contact 214-371-2029.
• Allen D. Hertzke is a political science professor and director of religious studies at the University of Oklahoma. He is co-author of Religion and Politics in America: Faith, Culture, and Strategic Choices (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001). Contact 405-325-6421, ahertzke@ou.edu.
• The Rev. Bruce Prescott is a Baptist blogger, executive director of Mainstream Oklahoma Baptists and president of the Oklahoma chapter of American United for the Separation of Church and State. He lives in Norman, Okla. Contact 405-329-2266, bprescott@mainstreambaptists.org.

IN THE WEST/NORTHWEST
• Chris Soper is a professor of political science at Pepperdine University in Malibu, Calif., and the author of Evangelical Christianity in the United States and Great Britain: Religious Beliefs, Political Choices (Macmillan and New York University Presses, 1994). Contact 310-506-4792, csoper@pepperdine.edu.
• Wiley Drake is pastor of First Southern Baptist Church in Buena Park, Calif., and a signer of the Memphis Declaration. Contact 714-522-7201.