Evangelicals for Social Action
- Evangelicals for Social Action
Evangelicals for Social Action is an American think-tank founded by Ron Sider which seeks to develop biblical solutions to social and economic problems. In late 2004 they produced an article "For the Health of the Nation: An Evangelical Call for Social Action [http://www.esa-online.org/pdfs/nae_pub.pdf] which was signed by numerous evangelical leaders and organizations.
External links
* [http://www.esa-online.org Evangelicals for Social Action] (official web site)
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