Hearkens: I talk in this post, he titles it, why our church says black lives matter. And he kind of walks through the phrase black lives matter from a theological perspective. He points out that no one pushes back when he says things like, prisoners lives matter,. or police lives matter, or people with disabilities lives matter. Nobody then complains what all lives matter will no know, everybody knows that nd that he writes when he uses the phrase, black lives Matter. Suddenly that is this third rail, and why.
Evangelicals make up about a quarter of the population in the United States and are part of the nation’s largest religious group. But lately the movement is in crisis.
The biggest issue is church attendance. Many churches closed at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic and struggled to reopen while congregations thinned.
But a smaller audience isn’t the only problem: Pastors are quitting, or at least considering doing so.
Guest: Ruth Graham is a national correspondent covering religion, faith and values for The New York Times.
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