It seems to be the cool & "progressive" thing for trendy "Christian" leaders & their lapdog followers to quote Gandhi.  They tell us Gandhi was an example of true faith.  That Gandhi was a "seeker" on the "journey"  of faith & that we can all learn from him.  But it is telling that the people who laud Gandhi the most are theological & political socialists/communists typically hiding behind the labels of "libertarian" or "inclusive".

You see an almost more intense love for Gandhi than for Jesus from many of the postmodern gurus of today such as Brian McClaren & Rob Bell who constantly try to "re-image" or "re-paint" Jesus as a Gandhian-like figure that simply wants everyone to be nice to each other.  This is their version of a "new kind of Christianity".  They also embrace Gandhi's syncretic contradiction as being able to be Christian, Hindu, Muslim, & Buddhist all at the same time.

After we see what Gandhi has really said, we'll see why these socialists love him so much.

• I disbelieve in the conversion of one person by another. My effort should never to be to undermine another’s faith. This implies belief in the truth of all religions and, therefore, respect for them. It implies true humility. (Young India: April 23, 1931)

• I am not interested in weaning you from Christianity and making you Hindu, and I do not relish your designs upon me, if you had any, to convert me to Christianity. I would also dispute your claim that Christianity is the only true religion. (Harijan: June 3, 1937)

• I regard Jesus as a great teacher of humanity, but I do not regard him as the only begotten son of God. That epithet in its material interpretation is quite unacceptable. Metaphorically we are all sons of God, but for each of us there may be different sons of God in a special sense. Thus for me Chaitanya may be the only begotten son of God … God cannot be the exclusive Father and I cannot ascribe exclusive divinity to Jesus. (Harijan: June 3, 1937)

• It is my firm opinion that Europe (and the United States) does not represent the spirit of God or Christianity but the spirit of Satan. And Satan’s successes are the greatest when appears with the name of God on his lips. (Young India: September 8, 1920)

• I came to the conclusion long ago … that all religions were true and also that all had some error in them, and whilst I hold by my own, I should hold others as dear as Hinduism. So we can only pray, if we are Hindus, not that a Christian should become a Hindu … But our innermost prayer should be a Hindu should be a better Hindu, a Muslim a better Muslim, a Christian a better Christian. (Young India: January 19, 1928)

SOURCE: http://caribbeanhindu.net/Gandhi_Conversion.htm (thanks to Victor Lee)

It should be obvious why these postmodernist types love Gandhi so much, perhaps even more than Jesus -- Gandhi preached an "inclusive" message where no one is trying to claim to be the "only way to the Father" (John 14:6)  Gandhi never asks people to "choose ye this day whom you will serve". (Joshua 24:15) Because asking people to do that is "mean-spirited"  & "dvisive" according to the postmodernist teachers & their little clones.

Christianity & the teachings of Gandhi are incompatible -- Gandhi wasn't simply this nice guy fighting for the rights of his oppressed countrymen, Gandhi despised the "exclusitivity" of Christ's message & of Christ's identity.  It is no wonder then that those who call themselves "a new kind of Christian" & tout things such as a "generous orthodoxy" are really nothing but Gandhi worshippers that like their master are actually appalled & repulsed by the real message & identity of Christ as depicted in the Bible.

It is time that Christians everywhere stop letting these haters of the biblical Jesus Christ pretend that they represent Christianity.  They most certainly do not.  They are Gandhians & should be called by their own master's name.

More reading: http://www.preteristcosmos.com/mclaren.html