“The Poverty Forum,” a group of liberal and conservative Christians working together on policy ideas to combat domestic poverty held a press conference this week in Washington. The Washington Times and Christian Science Monitor report the group is headed by Rev. Jim Wallis, president of Sojourners, and Michael Gerson, President Bush’s former speechwriter and policy adviser.  

They announced their progress on gathering Republicans and Democrats since Nov. 21 to present the Obama Administration with concrete suggestions.

Why poverty? As its co-chair, Sojournors President Jim Wallis said, “Poverty is mentioned 2,000 times in the Bible.”