Evangelicalism Is Dead. We Need a New Label for Our Faith

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Sojourners has always been a mainline Liberal publication that claims to be Evangelical.
 
Replace one with Four:
  1. One
  2. Holy
  3. Catholic
  4. Apostolic
There will then be zero doubt as to moral authority and correctness. Then, Evangelicals will possess, as His Divine Gift, the…
  1. Body
  2. Blood
  3. Soul
  4. Divinity
Of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.
 
For 20 plus years I defended Henry Hyde, whose district I reside in, and for 20 some years, I defended traditionalist Catholics, so I think I know a little about what’s going on. I happen to agree with the author; if you want to label me, that’s your right.
 
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I couldn’t figure out what the author was trying to say.
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It’s an internal evangelical dispute. Many don’t realize that not all Evangelical Protestants are religiously and culturally conservative. But in fact, there is a liberal wing of the evangelical movement, and Sojourner’s magazine is a big representative of that brand of Evangelicalism

The author of the article, Randall Balmer, is a sort of liberal evangelical (and Episcopal priest and academic) who is mad that conservative evangelicals control the movement and that since the 1980s Evangelicalism has been associated with the Religious Right and the Republican Party.

Essentially, he and the Sojourners crowd are just mad that their version of Evangelicalism (which is oriented toward social justice and wishy washy on moral issues such as abortion) is not the one that won out.

Essentially, he wishes the majority of evangelicals would vote Democrat. Since they don’t, he thinks liberal evangelicals should reject the “evangelical” label and call themselves something else.
 
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I can see how even some conservative evangelicals could agree with Balmer in being dismayed by what happened in 2016 (from Balmer’s article):
In the 2016 presidential election, 81 percent of white evangelicals voted for a thrice-married, self-confessed sexual predator and former casino operator who cannot even feign religious literacy. According to independent sources, Donald Trump has told more than 16,000 lies or misleading statements since his inauguration, yet he continues to bask in the lavish praise of Franklin Graham, Jerry Falwell Jr., and other evangelical leaders.
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Hillary Clinton was a better choice in 2016.
Voting in America often is about voting for the lesser evil.
Hillary was not a great choice, but given what we have now, it would be been a great choice.
 
Are we mixing evangelicals with Evangelicals?

I have a friend who is a member of a congregation affiliated with the Evangelical Free Church of America. But I know other Protestants, some non-denoms, who would probably describe themselves as evangelical.
 
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I can see how even some conservative evangelicals could agree with Balmer in being dismayed by what happened in 2016 (from Balmer’s article):
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Not all evangelicals support Trump. However, Balmer and Sojourners would be angry even if evangelicals voted for a more conventional Republican candidate. Trump just allows them to sneer that conservative evangelicals are hypocrites (and some of them are).

In reality, many evangelicals voted for Trump simply because he was a Republican, and they know that Democrats are opposed to everything they stand for. At least with Republicans, things won’t get worse for evangelicals in terms of the political climate for evangelicals.
 
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Your own personal view, if I ask? Or rather not get in a flame fight?
 
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RCIAGraduate said:
American Solidarity?
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I had to look that party up, LOL. Never heard of it before. I voted for some alternative Republican who somehow got on the ballot, whose name I can’t even remember now. It was simply a protest vote.
 
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This is a really humble publication (sarcasm) to want to name Christianity after themselves. Instead of judging and bearing false witness against ones political foes, maybe people should pray for them and listen to them (both left and right). Or you can keep publishing this kind of stuff and keep the tension up.
 
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