What is happening in Evangelical land? Eighteen Christian colleges have closed since COVID-19. Charles Stanley’s last words to his son Andy. Evangelicals and guns. 1968: Young Life defends human dignity. Methodist congregations are leaving the United Methodist Church in droves: […]
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Evangelical roundup for April 24, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? GOP candidates meet with Iowa evangelicals. More here. The role of evangelical Christianity in Venezuela’s 2024 election. Conservative evangelicals in the Church of England reject the Archbishop of Canterbury. The New York Times obituary […]
Evangelical roundup for April 13, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? Iowa evangelicals love Donald Trump. Nikki Haley is the commencement speaker at Pat Robertson’s Regent University in Virginia Beach. The diversity of evangelical support for Israel. Shane’s list of common sense gun laws: French […]
Trump speaks to court evangelical “emergency prayer call”
Tonight at 6:45 Donald Trump, fresh off his New York City indictment, participated on a prayer call with some of his conservative evangelical supporters. Paula White’s “National Faith Advisory Board hosted the call. I listened to it here. It looks […]
Evangelical roundup for March 30, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? A 9-year-old hero at Covenant School in Nashville. European evangelicals against abuse. Rick Warren on sexual abuse in the Southern Baptist Convention: Spanish evangelicals recommend Christian leaders “avoid using their pastoral influence to condition […]
MAGA evangelical leader tells churches to take political control of their towns
Yesterday I posted about MAGA prophet Lance Wallnau’s idea of evangelical Trumpists taking over their communities when they hear God say the word “diamond.” Today we have Floyd Brown encouraging local evangelical churches to take over their towns. Watch: Brown […]
Evangelical roundup for March 16, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical Land? Evangelicals love evangelicals. Black evangelicals are “caught between their faith and the long shadow of history.” The president of Northern Seminary resigns. Southern Baptists have been arguing about women in the church for a […]
Conservative culture warriors love Antonio Gramsci
For several years now conservatives, and especially the Christian Right, have been warning their followers about the influence of “cultural Marxism.” One of their favorite bogeymen is Mussolini-era Italian communist Antonio Gramsci. Here, for example, is Christian right purveyor of […]
Evangelical roundup for March 9, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical Land? Rod Dreher defends Josh Butler’s view of evangelical sex and claims that his critics do not understand Catholic and Orthodox views of sex. I don’t think Butler gets it right, and the criticism is […]
Evangelical roundup for March 6, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical Land? When evangelicals turned against Jimmy Carter. And here. Florida’s Latino evangelicals are mobilizing against Ron DeSantis. Evangelical movies about Queen Esther. Prayers for the Belz family. The board of the National Association of Evangelicals: […]
The Legacy of The Jesus Revolution
What has Chuck Smith’s and Lonnie Frisbee’s hippie revival wrought?
Evangelical roundup for March 2, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical Land? Evangelicals around the world are praying for Ukraine. Evangelicals and rumspringa. Russian evangelicals and the war in Ukraine. Why Tim Keller avoids the culture wars. How should evangelicals engage Haiti? The Asbury Revival and […]
Evangelical roundup for February 27, 2023
What is going on Evangelical Land?: The Kings College needs $2.6 million to survive. So far it has raised $178,000. Brazilian evangelicals and political patience. Randall Balmer on Jimmy Carter. Mike Cosper on how evangelicals reacted to the Asbury Revival. […]
Asbury University revival roundup: February 22, 2023 (10:30PM)
Read all of these posts , including the original post (covering Day 1 to Day 3 of the revival), here. A photo essay from Asbury University sociologist Lisa Weaver Swartz: Jennifer posts a pic from Texas A&M: Cayla’s son: Saturday at Asbury’s Revival, […]
Evangelical roundup for February 20, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical Land?: For those interested in the Asbury Revival, we are covering it extensively here. More on Latino evangelicals in Florida who are trying to get Ron DeSantis to take a man off death row. Charlie […]
Evangelical roundup for February 16, 2023 at 9:30pm
What is happening in Evangelical Land? If you want to get up to speed on the Asbury Revival, we are covering that here. This roundup focuses on the currently unrevived world of evangelicalism. Women Talking There are more evangelicals than […]
Evangelical roundup for February 12, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? Revival continues to rage at Asbury University. We are covering that separately. Get up to speed with our regular updates here. So here is your non-Wilmore, Kentucky roundup: White evangelicals are most likely to […]
How are evangelicals responding to the John MacArthur spiritual abuse accusations?
In case you missed the news, Christianity Today is reporting on a pattern of spiritual abuse on John MacArthur’s Grace Community Church in Los Angeles. Here is Kate Shellnut: Last year, Hohn Cho concluded Grace Community Church had made a […]
Evangelical roundup for February 9, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? The Kings College is having financial troubles. The Anglican Church is divided over LGBTQ blessings. Paul Putz on the “HeGetsUs” campaign. Most evangelicals want to pass their beliefs along to their kids. Yes: 10% […]
Evangelical roundup for February 6, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? Pentecostalism A 77-year-old woman is baptized. Bob Smietana on the “He Gets Us” campaign. Wheaton College is doing kingdom work: More on Wheaton: Marvin Olasky on Christian journalism. Russell Moore on police brutality. The […]