How the intersection of right wing politics with Evangelical Christian faith is leading to apostasy.

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5. Some are wising up.

There are those, like in this instance, who saw it coming and warned people before it happened, who are now saying, "I told you so," and others who have seen the damage being done and get their priorities in the right place. When 20% of your church membership leaves and doesn't come back, that has an impact.

Moore wound up at Christianity Today as its editor in chief, where he has broader influence over a larger segment of American Christianity than he did at the Southern Baptists Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission. Nor has the ERLC, which he left, changed its direction from the way he had it moving. Its trustee board is still mostly intact, and the recently elected officer group in the denomination has backed off the pressure. So while there are some hardline conservatives fuming about its being "woke," they are, for the moment, not having much impact.