Earlier this month, The New York Times article "Taking Their Faith, but Not Their Politics, to the People" featured The Journey, an Acts 29 church in St. Louis, and a quotation from Mars Hill pastor Scott Thomas. With context:

And so far, there is no clear evidence that supporting a broader social agenda has led young evangelicals to defect from the Republican Party in great numbers, as many liberals have predicted. But shifts in thinking among younger evangelicals may lead to an easing of the polarization that has defined the country’s recent political landscape, many of them said. "The easy thing is to fight, but the hard thing is to put your gloves down and work together towards a common cause," said the Rev. Scott Thomas, director of the Acts 29 Network, which helps pastors start churches. "Our generation would like to put our gloves down. We don’t want to be out there picketing. We want to be out there serving."

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