Testimony: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Failed a Generation by Jon Ward

Testimony: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Failed a Generation

by Jon Ward

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Two decades inside evangelical circles, then two outside them: that's where Jon Ward writes from, starting as a pastor's son at C.J. Mahaney's church in Maryland. His memoir and reporting trace how the Jesus People movement got tangled up with materialism and Republican politics, and how it answered sexual abuse, racism, poverty, COVID-19 and abortion.

Core ideas
  • Border-walker: He borrows the Old English word mearcstapa, from Makoto Fujimura's Culture Care, for his place between the two worlds.
  • Names you'll know: Mahaney, Josh Harris, John Piper and Lou Engle figure in the story, along with New Calvinism and Trump-era politics.
  • A reporter's record: Years at the Washington Times, The Daily Caller and Yahoo News inform it, and the e-book carries about 250 endnotes.
Published2023
Pages256
ISBN9781587435775
ReadNov 2023

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