[1][2] The movement affirms conservative evangelical theology, such as the doctrines of the incarnation, atonement, and resurrection, opposition to gay marriage, and viewing the Bible as the primary authority for the Church.
[4][5] Many, for example, are opposed to capital punishment and are supportive of gun control, welfare programs and welcoming foreigners.
[10] In the late 1940s, evangelical theologians from Fuller Theological Seminary founded in Pasadena, California, in 1947, championed the Christian importance of social activism.
It experienced a new impetus in the 1960s with the foundation of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957, led by Baptist pastor Martin Luther King Jr.[11] During the 1960s and 1970s, the evangelical left stood for antiwar, civil rights, and anti-consumption principles while supporting doctrinal fidelity and conservative sexual morals.
[15] In 2007, the organization Red-Letter Christians was founded by Tony Campolo and Shane Claiborne with the aim of bringing together evangelicals who believe in the importance of insisting on issues of social justice mentioned by Jesus (in red in some translations of the Bible).