Source: Persuasion
by Jonathan Rauch
“Being no believer, I am in no position to lecture Christians on Christianity. Yet I am not unique in thinking that white evangelicals’ embrace of partisanship, culture war, and bully-worship betrayed their faith. … The pastors I interviewed are not, admittedly, a representative sample. Still, I found it meaningful that they were not inclined to blame outside forces for the secularization and ‘battlefield mindset’ they see in their congregations. They acknowledged challenges like social media and cable news and online pornography; but, like Moore, they were unsparing in their assessment that the church has failed to stand its ground. One Southern Baptist pastor told me that the next great mission field is not abroad or among nonbelievers but within the American evangelical church itself. It needs to be reconverted, he said, to the message of the gospel.” (01/30/25)
https://www.persuasion.community/p/americas-churches-are-radicalizing