“To those who are crying for equality and opportunity and improved material conditions,” he admonished, “the Church repeats the divine message, ‘Ye must be born again.’ ”17 His statements both echo and foreshadow the sentiments of many theologically conservative Christians, who insisted that converting individuals to Christianity was the only biblical way to transform society. Fundamentalists dissuaded other Christians from certain forms of political involvement and encouraged them instead to focus on personal holiness and evangelism.18
