Pastors Ditching Label 'Evangelical' Post-Trump

Emotions ran high at the gathering of about 100 pastors at a church about five miles from the University of Notre Dame. Many hugged. Some shed tears. One confessed she could not pray anymore. Some had lost funding and others had been fired from their churches for adopting more liberal beliefs. All had left the evangelical tradition and had come to discuss their next steps as "post-evangelicals." The two-day meeting, which took place at South Bend City Church in mid-October, was intended for just 25 pastors but grew through word-of-mouth.