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Over the past two years, the term “exvangelical” has gained traction on social media, especially through Twitter & Facebook. One early criticism of “exvangelical” as a term was that it was overly negative. Since ma…

This Sunday, CBS Religion released their documentary Deconstructing My Religion featuring me, Chris Stroop, Linda Kay Klein, Emily Joy, and Julie Ingersoll, and other exvangelical voices.  The special is available on all CBS platforms and Yo…

Two days ago, Josh Harris–the infamous author of purity culture books I Kissed Dating Goodbye and Boy Meets Girl–issued a statement. That statement can be found here:  https://twitter.com/HarrisJosh/status/1054442345800716288 Long stor…

Producing Exvangelical can take an emotional toll. It is taxing to hear the stories of how so many people have been hurt in God’s name.  People are hurt in all manner of ways. They were told they can’t lead because they’re a w…

This article strikes at the heart of what many people within the evangelical community do not understand. Impartiality is no longer a pre-requisite–or even a possibility–for political discourse. Indeed, for many people groups such as the…

This really hits the nail on the head in a lot of ways. 

Hello! Welcome to the new website!  Late last year, I ran a Twitter poll asking folks what they’d like to see more of. I was humbled by the result.  If Exv were to branch out from podcasts, what would you most like to see? — Ex…

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: the “mainline church” is irrelevant, and doesn’t know how to speak to today’s culture — even worse, the Spirit has abandoned it. Humbug. My family started regularly attending an Episcopal church in November.…

How many times have you heard a story begin with the phrase “I grew up Christian?” This is one of those stories, but sped up to the college phase of life. I went to a Christian college. Picture a Christian college in your head, and then change nothi…

By birth, I am a cis, hetero, white man. By choice, I am a Christian. I see a lot of people that look like me angry about their lot in life right now. I know that these feelings rise up once every four years in everyone because of the presidenti…