But the Areopagus is not only a unique ministry – it is also an extraordinarily productive and cost-efficient one given the quality of the seminars, forums and other programs that we sponsor. Obviously, we could have accomplished none of this without the active involvement of our board of directors and advisors or the generous financial support of our many Areopagus Associates. Yet despite all that we’ve done over the past several years we remain, as one person recently commented, “the best-kept secret in Atlanta.”

As you’ll notice from the announcements in this newsletter, our schedule this year promises to be as full as in the past. But I believe this is a particularly crucial year in the life of our nation. For more than 50 years traditional Christian values and the American family have been under a constant and withering assault by secular elites in government, education, the legal profession, the media, Hollywood and pop culture, aided by their “useful idiots” in liberal churches and seminaries. As a result, the social pathologies accompanying the general breakdown of morality and ethics have become overwhelming and unmanageable. There are inevitable consequences for violating God’s moral laws, and our society is clearly reaping what it has sown.