Struggling with Evangelicalism

Why I Want to Leave and What It Takes to Stay

By: Dan Stringer

Narrated by: Kyle Tait

When evangelicals make a mess, who cleans it up?

Many today are discarding the evangelical label, even if they still hold to the historic tenets of evangelicalism. But evangelicalism is a space, not just a brand, and living in that space is complicated. As a lifelong evangelical who happens to be a biracial Asian/White millennial, Dan Stringer has felt both included and alienated by the evangelical community and has wrestled with whether to stay or go. He sits as an uneasy evangelical insider with ties to many of evangelicalism's historic organizations and institutions. Neither "everything's fine" nor "burn it all down", Stringer offers a thoughtful appreciation of evangelicalism's history, identity, and strengths, but also lament for its blind spots, toxic brokenness, and complicity with injustice. From this complicated space, we can move forward with informed vision rather than resignation and with hope for our future together.

©2021 Daniel Stringer (P)2021 eChristian

Enjoyable, global, enlightening

As a southern Baptist who has never lived more than 3hrs from where I was born, I really appreciated his broad and diverse treatment of global evangelicalism. It increased both my self-awareness and understanding of Christianity as a whole. It’s easy to think of my theology as the default but that is not the case. This is an enjoyable personal story and a helpful guide for anyone who is processing their personal faith in light of failings within the larger church.