The award for politicized evangelism with the most shock value goes to Peter Kuzmic, visiting professor of theology at Wheaton College in Illinois. The U.S. must demonstrate the courage to redefine its global mission in order to rightfully assume an expanded position of leadership, he pleaded. Kuzmic left little doubt that his New World Order epiphanies are the product of divine inspiration. It was God's hand that destroyed communism, Kuzmic assured, the same hand that now offers the opportunity for global salvation. The triumph of capitalism has brought a much-guarded respite from communism's relentless persecution of Christians, he relayed.
Evangelism is free to flourish as never before.
Kuzmic's rallying cry for the Christianization of the world is unabashedly imperialist. James and Kuzmic warned their listeners that heeding the call for participation in the public policy process presents great challenges. Kuzmic's resolve to ready his missionaries took a more militant tone.