Congratulations are in order for longtime TAS contributor Mark Tooley on his election as president of the Institute on Religion and Democracy. IRD has been a powerful voice for historic Christian teachings and responsible political participation within the once-mighty mainline Protestant denominations. Tooley has been active in the renewal movement within the largest of those denominations, the United Methodist Church. Good luck to him in his continuing efforts to ensure that church ministries are heavier on the Gospel than the Social.
