Wheaton College to host program on polarization and peacemaking
On Monday, Nov. 18, Wheaton College is hosting a program on “Election 2024, Polarization, and Peacemaking: What's Next?” It is sponsored by the American Values Coalition, the Center for Applied Christian Ethics (CACE) and Politics and International Relations.
The program, which is free and open to the public, will be 7 to 8:30 p.m. in Armerding Concert Hall, 520 Kenilworth Ave. in Wheaton.
It will feature Elizabeth Neumann, a former Homeland Security official, and Caleb Campbell, lead pastor of Desert Springs Bible Church in Phoenix, Arizona.
Neumann is a national security expert, violence prevention advocate, and author of the new book “Kingdom of Rage: The Rise of Christian Extremism and the Path Back to Peace.” She served on White House Homeland Security Council in the George W. Bush Administration, and as the Assistant Secretary for Counterterrorism at the Department of Homeland Security during the Trump Administration. She is currently the Chief Strategy Officer for Moonshot — a tech-enabled company supporting governments and community partners to understand and prevent violence. She is also a national security contributor for ABC News.
Pastor Caleb Campbell has served as a pastor at Desert Springs Bible Church since 2006. He is the founder and director of Disarming Leviathan Ministries (DisarmingLeviathan.com), which equips people to reach Christian Nationalists as a mission field. His book, “Disarming Leviathan: Loving Your Christian Nationalist Neighbor,” was published with InterVarsity Press on July 4, 2024.
Learn more at www.wheaton.edu.