Today, the National Association of Evangelicals awarded the title of “honorary evangelical” for the first time. The recipient? Rock icon and AIDS activist Bono.
“Not even Jean-Paul the second earned this one, and he was our buddy!” exclaimed excited NAE member Debbie Marsh, who had eagerly awaited the news after coordinating a national letter-writing campaign pitching the idea to the organization’s leaders.
Her husband Wayne was somewhat less excited. “I just went along because it’s been getting embarrassing,” he muttered. “I mean, the guy’s been on the cover of more Christian magazines lately than (more…)
