White Evangelical Crisis Rooted in Churches, Not Politics

In recent months, the Southern Baptist Convention has faced a steady stream of high-profile defections, including black pastors such as Charlie Dates, popular Bible teacher Beth Moore, and Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission President Russell Moore. The recent leak of Russell Moore's private letter detailing racism and abuse of power at the highest levels of the convention put a sensational exclamation point on the trend. For the nation's largest body of evangelicals, all the warning lights are flashing red.