Somehow, evangelical pastors have figured out how to make their end of Christianity even worse—by implementing the ‘Moses Model’ of church leadership. It really is remarkable how they’ve turned an essentially dysfunctionally-authoritarian flavor of religion into such an extreme worst-case-possible scenario. But the Moses Model lets them make that transition Read more
Many years ago, evangelicals wielded apologetics as weapons against their worst enemies: atheists. They lost not only their battles but the entire Keyboard Wars themselves, then retreated into their current walled-garden enclaves on social media. But a community member noticed a video that might just mark the return of those Read more
Recently, Calvinist pastor and G3 Conference founder Josh Buice got caught operating eight sockpuppet accounts over at least a couple of years. He used them to anonymously criticize and attack other evangelicals. So far, he’s lost his G3 leadership position at least. But he’s not the first Calvinist leader caught Read more
No matter how hard evangelicals try in their evangelism, they can’t help themselves. Fear will always peek out through their entreaties to convert. Fear is always the endgame for evangelism. It can’t be any other way—not for them, anyway. Today, we check out Taylor Standridge, who really want evangelism to Read more
Evangelicals love to claim having a superior morality to heathens. They insist that their faith produces real changes in believers that lead them to greater moral heights than we poor heathens could ever manage. But their own behavior betrays those claims. Today, we’ll see how one evangelical denomination, the Southern Read more
Authenticity, as a concept, isn’t part of the vocabulary of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). With their latest metrics revealing yet more declines in membership, affiliated churches, and donations, this denomination is bleeding relevance. Today, we’ll cover one big reason why: Zero authenticity within evangelicalism in general. And it’s about Read more
For years now, the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) has been desperately spin-doctoring and obfuscating their terrible metrics to look better to their flocks. But this year might represent a whole new low for them. Despite a few gains in some metrics, the overall picture couldn’t look more bleak. Today, we’ll Read more
The 2025 Annual Meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) looms close, but we haven’t heard much out of the denomination’s leaders about it. We’ve heard nothing about last year’s metrics, for instance, nor much about this year’s SBC President nominees. But we have heard about one thing: The big Read more
In any dying industry, its leaders obsess about making their irrelevant product feel relevant again. Christianity is no different. To most Americans, its product—membership in specific Christian groups—seems more and more irrelevant. But evangelical leaders in particular can’t retool that product to fit the times. Instead, they employ various strategies Read more
In recent news, the American Bible Society (ABS) released its “State of the Bible” report, which gauges how relevant Christianity is to Americans. ABS tries to paint a rosy picture of recovery from decline, but their data actually points in the opposite direction. This report is a bombshell, revealing a Read more