Lausanne Movement Antics in Austria

https://evangelicalfocus.com/europe/25053/austrian-evangelicals-invite-politicians-to-church-our-faith-is-not-an-import

The fact that these Evangelicals in Austria are reaching out to politicians did not particularly surprise me – but it does concern me.

What I thought especially strange was the claim or argument for integration – the spurious Anabaptist vs. Free Church argument.

They are of course neither – and certainly not Anabaptists. Regardless, Protestants would have had no social standing or even toleration until the 'Enlightened' rule of Joseph II and his edicts in the 1780's. But as this did not include the Moravians, it follows that it did not apply to Anabaptists either. The idea that this historical placement is somehow connected to these modern Evangelicals sitting down with politicians is rather absurd.

Regardless of these attempts to spin and revise history, the truth is these are Lausanne Evangelicals born of the post-war movement.

What is this all about? They are (like all Evangelicals) seeking social standing, security, respectability. They effectively baptise the values of the middle class and want the bourgeois in turn to baptise them or ratify them as 'members' of society. And like all bourgeois, these Evangelicals proclaim that they support the state, invest in it, and if historical patterns hold true, they'll take up arms and die for it.

I wish the article would elaborate on which politicians they are meeting with – that's of great interest to me. I would like to know if these Evangelicals are trying to join forces with the growing Far Right.