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GRANTHAM, Pa. (Feb. 6, 2007) — Referred to as "America's leading progressive evangelical" by the "Washington Post," bestselling author, public theologian, international commentator and activist Jim Wallis will speak on Feb. 27 at 7:30 p.m. in Brubaker Auditorium in the Eisenhower Campus Center on Messiah College's Grantham campus. The lecture, "God's Politics," is the college's Annual Lecture on Religion and Society and will be followed by a book-signing.  The event is free and open to the public, but tickets are required.  Call the college ticket office at (717) 691-6036 or email tickets@messiah.edu. 

About Jim Wallis

Wallis was raised in a Midwest evangelical family. As a teenager, his questioning of racial segregation in the church and community led him to inner-city Detroit where he spent his student years studying civil rights and antiwar movements.  While at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Ill., Wallis started a small magazine and student community committed to social justice which grew into a national faith-based organization. In 1979, "Time" magazine named Wallis one of the "50 Faces for America's Future."

Wallis is the author of eight books and his latest, "God's Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It," spent four months on the "New York Times" bestseller list.  Wallis is president and executive director of Sojourners/Call to Renewal, where he is editor-in-chief of "Sojourners" magazine, and convenes a national network of churches, faith-based organizations and individuals working to overcome poverty in America. Wallis speaks at more than 200 events a year, and his insight is often sought on National Public Radio, "Meet the Press" and "Hardball." 

About Messiah College

Messiah College, a private Christian college of the liberal and applied arts and sciences, enrolls nearly 2,800 undergraduate students in 60 majors. Established in 1909, the primary campus is located in Grantham, Pa., near the state capital of Harrisburg. A satellite campus affiliated with Temple University is located in Philadelphia.