( CNN ) -- A group of more than 100 prominent Christians ranging from evangelical minister Jim Wallis on the political left to Nixon White House aide Chuck Colson on the right released a document Thursday calling for an end to the fight club tone of the national political discourse . Called the `` Civility Covenant , '' the document says that churches have too often `` reflected the political divisions of our culture rather than the unity we have in the body of Christ . '' `` Members of Congress have been calling me saying 'It 's never been as bad as it is now , but we ca n't do much about it because we 're not credible to a lot of Americans , ' '' said Wallis , who leads the progressive group Sojourners . `` They said to the faith community , 'please help us . ' '' Wallis said the covenant is the result of those conversations . It has 114 signatories from a broad swath of Christian traditions , including the president of the National Association of Evangelicals , the head of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference and the general superintendent of the Assemblies of God , a major Pentecostal denomination . The list also includes plenty of strange political bedfellows , from conservative Christian leaders like Harry Jackson -- who led the unsuccessful fight against gay marriage in Washington -- to Morna Murray , president of the progressive Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good , which is close to the Obama White House . `` Anytime you have a document with Wallis and Colson signing , you 're talking about a pretty unusual situation and a pretty significant marker , '' said John Green , an expert on religion and politics at the University of Akron in Ohio . `` It shows that there are some issues that transcend politics and ideology . '' Quoting the New Testament , the new covenant urges Christians to `` put away from you all bitterness and wrath and anger and wrangling and slander , together with all malice , and be kind to one another , tenderhearted , forgiving one another , as God in Christ has forgiven you . '' `` We owe a certain responsibility to each other as believers , '' said Colson , an influential evangelical Christian voice . `` This does n't mean I have n't challenged some people 's theology . But the document says we 're not going to challenge each other 's motives or engage in ad hominem attacks . '' Wallis , who led the effort to draft the document and collect signatures for it , noted that the document comes at a time when members of Congress are complaining of physical threats against them because of their positions on the health care bill , which President Obama signed into law Tuesday . Wallis says he 'll start collecting signatures from more pastors and rank-and-file churchgoers in coming weeks . The pastor publicly feuded with conservative television host Glenn Beck this month after Beck encouraged his fans to leave churches that preach economic and social justice . Wallis organized a boycott of Beck 's show but says the timing of the covenant 's release is incidental . Colson said the document `` would n't apply to Glenn Beck because we 're talking about the conversation in the family of believers ... Glenn Beck is a Mormon . '' Many Christians do n't consider Mormons -- members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- to be Christians , though Mormons consider themselves Christian . The covenant is the latest in a series of faith-based efforts to soften the public discourse . Prominent evangelical PR executive Mark DeMoss , a conservative , and former Bill Clinton aide Lanny Davis launched the Civility Project last year .
Jim Wallis , Chuck Colson release a document calling for civil political discourse . `` Civility Covenant '' is result of conversations with politicians , Christian leaders say . The document calls on the government to stop using religion as an excuse and instead use it as a means to solve problems.