EXvangelicals Are Leaving American Evangelicalism in Droves | by Sarah McCammon

Sarah McCammon is NPR’s National Political Correspondent and co-host of the NPR Politics Podcast. Her reporting dives into the heated worlds of national politics, religion, and presidential campaigns. McCammon’s work exposes the deep divides these issues create in America, and it challenges us to confront the complex conflicts shaping the nation’s social, political, religious, and cultural landscape.

In her New York Times bestseller, The Exvangelicals, McCammon explores the growing exodus that is happening in white evangelical Christianity. The book is part memoir, and it delves into McCammon’s own experiences with evangelicalism and its dogmatic influence on her life. Through interviews with other EXvangelicals, McCammon examines the emotional and spiritual struggles they’ve face as they left evangelicalism, highlighting their journey of grappling with fear, shame, and the loss of a community that once shaped their identity and beliefs.

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David Moses Perez is a religious leader, podcaster, and minister known for his evolving approach to Christianity. He is the host of the Iconoclast Podcast on YouTube, which features conversations with thought leaders, theologians, artists, and academics. This podcast aims to foster intellectual and meaningful discussions about faith, spirituality, and human existence. Perez's background includes a Bachelor's degree from the University of Southern California and a Master's degree in Religion from Harvard University. He also did additional seminary work at Trinity in Chicago​.

Perez is also the lead minister at Spero Dei, a church he founded with others in 2018 in Nashville, Tennessee, which emphasizes an evolving and reimagined Christian spirituality for the 21st century. Perez promotes a faith centered on love, a deep connection to God, a Christian spirituality that is generous, and makes sense in the 21st century, while moving away from traditional evangelical doctrines​.

Perez's work often challenges conventional beliefs and traditions in Christianity, reflecting his journey away from evangelical norms towards a more inclusive and evolving faith. He has been involved in ministry for over three decades, serving in various locations across the United States before settling in Nashville.​

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David Moses Perez (https://davidmosesperez.org)
SPERO DEI (https://www.sperodei.com/messages-media)