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Evangelical roundup for July 28, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? Evangelicals on the rise in the Dominican Republic. Michael Wear on abortion politics. Doug Koopman is the new director of the American Studies Program of the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities. Russell Moore […]
Evangelical worship leader Sean Feucht is making A LOT of money promoting Trumpism and the Big Lie
In 2019, pro-Trump evangelical worship leader Sean Feucht, an Oral Roberts University graduate who was a worship leader at Bethel Church in Redding, California and a former candidate for Congress, made $280,000. In 2020, he made $5.3 million. What happened? […]
Evangelical roundup for July 25, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? Evangelical politics: a call for renewal. David French: “There is no remaining Christian case for Trump.” Darryl Hart on conservative Presbyterians. Shane Claiborne endorses Ethan Hawke: Brazilian presidential candidates court the evangelical vote. A […]
Evangelical roundup for July 21, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? No more baptisms in Lake Geneva, Switzerland. Do evangelical pastors still need seminary training? World Relief on why evangelicals must be proactive on climate change. Tim Keller offers a Third Way: Greg Laurie’s movie […]
When evangelical pastors radicalize
More on how Trumpism has found its way into evangelical churches. I have heard multiple stories similar to the ones Tess Owen tells in this piece at Vice News. Here is a taste: Pastor Ron Tucker took the stage one […]
Evangelical roundup for July 18, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? Will evangelicals separate from John MacArthur? Justin Giboney quotes Megan McCardle on the Hawley-Bridges exchange: Concordance-ism Why Paul Weyrich is key to our understanding of abortion’s role in the culture wars. Robert Jeffress is […]
Evangelical roundup for July 7, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? Will Wheaton College remove J. Oliver’s Buswell’s name from its library? An evangelical on why evangelicals need to care more about inequality. The Anxious Bench blog gets a new editor Tim Keller is a […]
Does the Christian Right still need Trump?
Bonnie Kristian, a columnist at Christianity Today and a fellow at Defense Priorities, does not think so. Here is a taste of her piece today at The New York Times: For many backers of former President Donald Trump, Friday’s Supreme […]
Evangelical roundup for June 30, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? Korean Christians and American evangelicalism. The Presbyterian Church in America votes to leave the National Association of Evangelicals. Walter Kim, the president of the National Association of Evangelicals, attends a PCA church n Virginia. […]
What is going on at the Toronto Meeting House?
We’ve done some blogging about this in the past. Check out some of our coverage here. Christianity Today is also covering recent developments. Here is a taste of Meagan Gilmore’s piece, “At Canadian Megachurch, One Abuse Investigation Spurs Another and […]
Evangelical roundup for June 27, 2022: Dobbs v. Jackson edition
How is Evangelical land responding to the overturning of Roe v. Wade? I have long understood these roundups as a form of curation. It’s important to get these responses (or at least some of them) all in one place. David […]
Evangelical roundup for June 23, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? More coverage of the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s “Road to Majority” conference. Fame and evangelicalism Newsweek goes after Christians who adopt. Pro-life in a post-Roe world: On Southern Baptists as “political whores.” An Evangelical […]
Evangelical roundup for June 20, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? Will evangelicals endorse Trump in 2024? Charles Marsh on growing up evangelical. EGOD? The Gospel Coalition on Juneteenth. Beth and Russell: Will the Southern Baptist Convention be “smaller and purer or bigger and more […]
Evangelical roundup for June 16, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? Note: This roundup does not include links to what happened at the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in Anaheim this week. You can find our coverage on this event here and here. We also […]
Day 1 of the 3-ring circus is over. The Southern Baptists elect a new president.
Anyone following the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting this week in Anaheim is witnessing a denomination in shambles. The Convention has a serious sexual abuse problem to deal with and not everyone agrees that there is a problem or how […]
Voter fraud, attempts to steal the election, Charlie Kirk & Liberty University, and the potential ousting of Rick Warren’s church. And it’s only 9:25am in Anaheim!
Yes, the Southern Baptists are meeting in Anaheim this week. Later today they will elect a new president. We don’t have the time or the staff to follow all the details, so I am relying heavily on other more competent […]
Evangelical roundup for June 13, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? Getting ready for the Southern Baptist arrival in Anaheim. Christianity Today previews it here. Terry Mattingly on a recent attempt to define evangelicalism. And another attempt. Michael Bird: “Certain theologies enable sexual abuse” Paula […]
What is going on at Biola University?
It appears that the Los Angeles Times has learned that many conservative Christian colleges are having a difficult time navigating the political and cultural changes of the last decade or so. Here is a taste of Thomas Curwen’s piece on […]
Evangelical roundup: January 6th hearing edition
How are evangelicals responding to Thursday night’s January 6th Select Committee hearing? I think the real story here is how many public evangelicals said nothing so far, I am sure there are all kinds of reasons why these folks did […]