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The Controlled Left Evangelical Progressive Icon Jim Wallis Finally Admits to Funding from George Soros

Alex Constantine - August 24, 2010

"Does Jim Wallis represent evangelicals or does he represent the leftist, atheist billionaire?" -- Mark Tooley, IRD President

By Jeff Walton
Christian Newswire | Aug. 24, 2010

021809 jim wallis - The Controlled LeftWASHINGTON, Aug. 24 /Christian Newswire/ -- Evangelical left voice Jim Wallis, who has boasted of his ties to the Obama administration, finally has admitted that his "progressive Christian" Sojourners movement has received funding from leftist billionaire George Soros' Open Society Institute.

According to WORLD magazine, Soros, an atheist billionaire who has financed groups promoting abortion, atheism, and same-sex marriage, bankrolled Sojourners with a $200,000 grant in 2004. Since then Sojourners has received at least two more grants from Soros organizations altogether totaling $325,000, the most recent in 2007. Sojourners revenues have more than tripled -- from $1,601,171 in 2001-2002 to $5,283,650 in 2008-2009.

Wallis originally rebutted a criticism of "religious progressives" for being allied with Soros in 2005: "I know of no connections to those liberal funds and groups that are as direct as the Religious Right's ties to right-wing funders." Earlier this month in Patheos, Wallis wrote, "No, we don't receive money from George Soros."

IRD President Mark Tooley commented:

"Wallis' initial denials and then ultimate confirmation of Soros funding for Sojourners is a revealing turning point for the evangelical left. ... "Religious leftists may freely tout their views no less than religious conservatives. But Wallis and his Sojourners, as Soros-funded religious leftists, should heed truth in advertising."

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