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On February 17, a group of Christian leaders from across the political and ideological spectrum made public their recommendations for how to reduce domestic poverty. Watch Sojourners president Jim Wallis, Bethel New Life founder Mary Nelson, and Clapham Group principal Mark Rodgers describe what they think makes this effort different, how the lives of the people they serve can inform public policy, and why President Obama may have an opportunity to reach out to some evangelicals still interested in compassionate conservatism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On February 17, a group of Christian leaders from across the political and ideological spectrum made public their recommendations for how to reduce domestic poverty. Watch Sojourners president Jim Wallis, Bethel New Life founder Mary Nelson, and Clapham Group principal … More →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":16466,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","topics-politics"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Poverty Forum: Proposed Solutions and Policy Suggestions | February 18, 2009 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"On February 17, a group of Christian leaders from across the political and ideological spectrum made public their recommendations on how to reduce domestic poverty. 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