Goodbye, Evangelicalism

A dear friend — an Evangelical in the Anglican tradition — wrote to say how angry he was at me for posting Elijah's reflection. He thinks it grossly unfair to Evangelicalism, this piece, which seems to the reader to dismiss an entire tradition because of the flaws of one congregation. I don't apologize for publishing it, because though I don't know Elijah personally, I know from his long participation on this blog that he is, or has been, a committed Evangelical Christian. I also know that he has no interest in becoming Roman Catholic or Orthodox. As one of you commenters said, Elijah's story brings to mind exactly what the Southern Baptist theologian Dr. Al Mohler said to me on his podcast, in which he stated his view that Evangelicalism will only have what it takes to get through this current crisis if it returns in a serious way to its Reformational roots.