Church, Politics, and Non-Profits

Christians have a long history of involvement in politics in democratic societies, including the Abolitionist movement with Wilberforce and Harriet Beecher Stowe, the Progressive movement with WIlliams Jenning Bryan and Jacob Riis (How the Other Half Lives), the Civil Rights movement, and the pro-life movement, all associated strongly with churches, along with other movements that perhaps look more misguided, such as the Prohibitionist movement and the Free Silver movement. Should we avoid politics today as Christians? What role should City Reformed have? 
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