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evangelicalism

Timothy Keller (1950-2023)

John Fea   |  May 19, 2023

Here is his son Michael: Here is Bob Smietana at Religion News Service: He was 72. Known for his brainy and winsome approach to evangelism, Keller founded Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan in 1989, and grew the congregation into a […]

Evangelical roundup for May 18, 2023

John Fea   |  May 18, 2023

What is happening in Evangelical Land? A growing number of evangelicals do not want to vaccinate their kids. Mike Pence wants to appeal to “Reagan evangelicals.” Rick Warren is the honorary chancellor at Spurgeon’s College. Iowa evangelical Bob Vander Plaats […]

Daniel Williams on evangelical religious conversion in Christianity Today

Nadya Williams   |  May 17, 2023

I would have posted this earlier, but the author doesn’t always tell me about these things when they appear in print (although I assure you I did get to read a draft). But I highly recommend Dan’s latest in Christianity […]

Evangelical roundup for May 15, 2023

John Fea   |  May 15, 2023

What is happening in Evangelical land? What is happening in evangelical higher education? On the decline of Southern Baptist church membership. The latest on The Kings College. Russell Moore on evangelical congregations and Trump. Michael Wear liked it: Great line: […]

Evangelical roundup for May 11, 2023

John Fea   |  May 11, 2023

What is happening in Evangelical land? In case you haven’t heard, a prominent historian and scholar of American evangelicalism converted to Christianity last year through the ministry of J.D. Greaar, the pastor of a large Southern Baptist Church in North […]

Historian Molly Worthen talks with The Gospel Coalition about her conversion to evangelical Christianity

John Fea   |  May 9, 2023

I love every minute of this interview. Here is Collin Hanson of The Gospel Coalition interviewing University of North Carolina historian Molly Worthen: Some highlights: What a beautiful and joyful conversation.

Evangelical roundup for May 8, 2023

John Fea   |  May 8, 2023

What is happening in Evangelical land? Russell Moore on Tucker Carlson. More on Iowa evangelicals and the 2024 GOP primary season. Evangelical parachurch organizations at Harvard. Rick Warren wants to follow Southern Baptist pastors on Twitter: Hispanic evangelicals continue to […]

Evangelical roundup for May 4, 2023

John Fea   |  May 4, 2023

What is happening in Evangelical land? If you read social media, sociologists, religious studies scholars, and historians today you might think that evangelicals are racists, patriarchs, and Christian nationalists. You might hear about how young people are leaving the church […]

“Is the New York Times becoming a more complex place that is open to the views of, well, half of America?”

John Fea   |  May 3, 2023

Over at “Get Religion,” veteran religion writer Terry Mattingly responds to my recent Current piece “The New York Times’ ‘Come to Jesus’ Moment.” Here is a taste: …This brings us to a rather short John Fea “think piece” essay that […]

Evangelical roundup for May 1, 2023

John Fea   |  May 1, 2023

What is happening in Evangelical land? Do college educated evangelicals prefer DeSantis over Trump? Point Loma Nazarene University is the latest Christian college to deal with a controversy over LGBTQ issues. Evangelicals working with the climate lobby. Sometimes atheists and […]

Evangelical roundup for April 27, 2023

John Fea   |  April 27, 2023

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: […]

Evangelical roundup for April 24, 2023

John Fea   |  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 20, 2023

John Fea   |  April 20, 2023

What is happening in Evangelical land? Charles Stanley, RIP. The Southern Baptist Convention calls for red flag gun laws in Tennessee. C.S. Lewis evangelicals. Three generations of pastors. Christian Right presidential candidates are coming to Iowa. Amy Grant steps up: […]

Evangelical roundup for April 17, 2023

John Fea   |  April 17, 2023

What is happening in Evangelical land? Does the Church of England need evangelicals? Sojourners at 50 Asian-American evangelicalism in a new Netflix series. Evangelicals support a postal employee who will not work on Sundays. A Black evangelical moderate: 70% of […]

Evangelical roundup for April 13, 2023

John Fea   |  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 […]

“Just a little bit of flattery”: Christianity Today and J. Edgar Hoover

John Fea   |  April 12, 2023

Christianity Today news editor and historian Daniel Silliman reflects on his current employer’s relationship to FBI Director (1935-1972) J. Edgar Hoover. Silliman’s thoughts were triggered by his reading of Lerone Martin’s The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover. Here is a […]

Evangelical roundup for April 10, 2023

John Fea   |  April 10, 2023

What is happening in Evangelical land? Latino evangelicals against DeSantis’s immigration policies. Nashville’s The Covenant School will move to a new church for the remainder of the academic year. Evangelicals and premarital sex. Evangelicals are always renewing and reviving. Shane […]

The chair of the Bob Jones University board of trustees steps down

John Fea   |  April 7, 2023

We covered the recent fundamentalist coup at Bob Jones here. Mark Wingfield has the latest at Baptist News Global. John Lewis, the chairman of the Bob Jones University board of trustees, has resigned. Here is Wingfield: …[President] Pettit resigned March […]

Evangelical roundup for April 6, 2023

John Fea   |  April 6, 2023

What is happening in Evangelical land? Why aren’t Ukrainian-American evangelicals lobbying for their homeland? Black evangelicals and Christian nationalism. Evangelicals who care about refugees: How the Trump area changed Chapel Hill Bible Church. Jim Wallis on comparing Donald Trump to […]

Evangelical roundup for April 3, 2023

John Fea   |  April 3, 2023

What is happening in Evangelical land: Nathaniel Belz, RIP I tell The Guardian that the Trump indictment will not hurt him with many of his most diehard evangelical followers. In California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas there are more Hispanic […]

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