Do I Stay Christian? By Brian D. McLaren Reviewed by Geoffrey W. Sutton “He’s an atheist now.” “She came home from that church in tears.” “We’re agnostic. We just don’t know.” In the past decade, it seems like young adults have been fleeing church as if there was an active shooter in the sanctuary. I am privileged to remain friends with former university students on social media. I see some have left evangelical churches and some declare themselves atheists. I interact with older friends across the USA whose adult children have given up their evangelical beliefs. Some felt welcomed in mainline congregations but others appear to be in some vague spiritual place that I couldn’t quite locate. Brian D...
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