Orphaned Believers

How a Generation of Christian Exiles Can Find the Way Home

By: Sara Billups

Narrated by: Rosemary Benson

In the wake of the culture wars of the 1980s and 1990s, many young evangelical Christians found themselves untethered, disillusioned, and—ultimately—orphaned as they grappled with the legalistic, politically co-opted churches of their youth and embarked on a search for a more loving, more biblical expression of the faith and discipleship taught by Jesus.

Sara Billups was one of those orphans. She knows the grief of loving Jesus while watching political pundits twist her faith to support their power struggles and exclusionary policies. She knows the feeling of being alone, misunderstood, and maligned. In this honest yet hopeful book, she invites fellow orphaned believers to process their pasts so they can move boldly forward into a future where they know without a doubt that they are beloved by Christ and belong to the family of God. With love and compassion, she binds up the wounds of the broken and points them toward a new expression of faith that is motivated to make the world a better place.

©2023 Sara Billups (P)2023 eChristian

Orphaned Believers

Great relatable writing and storytelling! I feel seen and a little less alone. Thank you Sarah.

Courage for orphaned believers

Rosemary does an amazing job reading orphaned believers: how a generation of Christian exiles can find the way home.

for those looking for grounding in a God of love

Orphaned Believers is a well-written and honest expression of the author's first-hand experience with the evangelical world. Sara Billups takes a very gentle approach. There’s no axe to grind, but a truthful and candid story to tell. I think it’s a story that many should hear. She offers an invitation away from a complicated, fear-based, and often misled evangelical portrayal of faith toward an honest and beautiful relationship with our Savior, Jesus. I was not raised in an evangelical church, but as a spiritual director, I hear far too many hard and sad experiences that have led so many individuals, young and old, to question why they would serve God as often represented by the evangelical church and culture. There is so much offered in this book, but in the end, I so appreciate the unabashed invitation to a hurting and confused generation of people to see God as the God of love that he always has been and always will be.