By Andy Hale
Many believe we are in a remarkable transformation regarding the US and the Evangelical movement. Many see the decline in the movement as an inflection point for Conservative politics and Christianity. Some have even said it is a last-gasp effort to maintain power and control over a particular way of life.
When you really examine the hold this movement has had on things like education, interpreting pop culture, and beliefs on certain social issues, it is quite remarkable to consider the impact so many leaving will have on weakening the hold of these types of ideologies.
“Leaving behind or reimagining religious traditions is nothing new; in every generation, there have been reformers and heretics. And white evangelicalism is not alone in its struggle to hold onto the next generation,” said Sarah McCammon on the CBF Podcast Conversation. “But today’s exvangelicals are leaving a uniquely large and influential American religious movement at a transformational time for both the country and the evangelical movement.”
McCammon, a correspondent for NPR, sat down with us to discuss her new book The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church.
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Andy Hale is the creator and host of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Podcast. Hale is the Associate Executive Coordinator of CBF North Carolina. He’s also served as CBF’s Church Start Specialist, the founding pastor of Mosaic Church of Clayton, and the senior pastor of University Baptist Church of Baton Rouge. Follow on Twitter @haleandy.