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Have the evangelical leaders who went all-in for Trump "hurt the church’s ability to reach people outside the church? Absolutely," Andy Stanley, the hugely influential pastor of arguably the second-biggest megachurch in the U.S., told me. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/11/andy-stanley-evangelicals-trump/617103/
One of the striking things about the Trump-evangelical alliance was the silence. Giants like Andy Stanley, Rick Warren, etc. didn't join the Trump train or the resistance. Now, they must contend with a reputation of evangelicalism they didn't create. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/11/andy-stanley-evangelicals-trump/617103/
As we move into a new political era, I think there's a lot of reckoning left to do in the evangelical world over whether and how to pursue faith over politics, which @AndyStanley strongly advocates. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/11/andy-stanley-evangelicals-trump/617103/
One final thought for now. The morning after the 2016 election, I called up influential evangelical leaders and asked them what they thought this political period would do to their church. They predicted a reckoning to come.
It has begun. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/11/andy-stanley-evangelicals-trump/617103/
It has begun. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/11/andy-stanley-evangelicals-trump/617103/
