023: A Reckoning for Evangelicalism: Pastor Paul Swearengin

From the Non-Partisan Evangelical Podcast, Pastor Paul Swearengin joins us to talk about the reasons people are leaving the Evangelical church based on polling information given in a recent Gallup religion survey.  We discuss the toxic mixture of faith and political power, racism in the church, marginalization of LGBTQ people and people not believing they find Jesus in the general church anymore.  We also discuss the article "Losing Our Religion" by Russell Moore, the president of Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention.

Find Pastor Paul online:

-The Non-Partisan Evangelical Podcast:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/non-partisan-evangelical-podcast/id1481467496

-Pastor Paul on YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCabLAOY-w63Qn8SK37RRfhA

-Pastor Paul on TikTok:  https://www.tiktok.com/@pastorpaul_tiktok?lang=en

-On Twitter:  @oldpastorpaul

Mentioned on the podcast:

-Gallup survey results (47% of Americans belong to a church):  https://news.gallup.com/poll/341963/church-membership-falls-below-majority-first-time.aspx

-Russell Moore article "Losing Our Religion":  https://www.russellmoore.com/2021/04/15/losing-our-religion/

-A response to Russell Moore's article by Chrissy Stroop (we read this piece after recording the pod):  https://flux.community/chrissy-stroop/2021/04/suicidal-christian-teenagers-open-letter-russell-moore

-Lil Nax X's music video for "Montero":  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6swmTBVI83k

-Ally Henny's story on Pass the Mic Podcast:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/leave-loud-ally-hennys-story-part-1/id1435500798?i=1000513969746

More information on the Gallup survey results:

-Holy Post Podcast episode 452:  https://www.holypost.com/holy-post-podcast/episode/24a32201/episode-452-the-messy-call-to-christian-unity-with-francis-chan

-FiveThirtyEight Podcast "Americans Are Losing Their Religion.  That's Changing Politics.":  https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/politics-podcast-americans-are-losing-their-religion-thats-changing-politics/

-Check out Zach's music by going to:  https://muzach.bandcamp.com

-Read Dave's occasional blogging at:  www.dangeroushope.wordpress.com.

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