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Good morning. Welcome to Axios today. It's Tuesday, September 21st. I'm Eric

Appandi, filling in for Nile Boudou. Here's what we're watching today. New steps to protect

US workers from extreme heat. Plus, some of you share how you've managed parenting young

kids during the pandemic. But first, a movement away from the evangelical church is today's

one big thing. About a quarter of Americans describe

themselves as evangelical Protestants, according to the Pew Research Center. But lately, a movement

of so-called X-Vangelicles is moving away from the evangelical church in the US. That's

according to Axios's Steph Kite. She's here with more now. Hey, Steph.

Hey, Erica. So, Steph, how big is this Exodus from the evangelical church?

It's really hard to measure. What we do know is that there are some social media accounts

that have tens of thousands of followers. And these social media accounts are directed

at X-Vangelicles or deconstructed evangelicals. What do you mean by this term deconstructed?

Deconstruction is kind of a buzzword that's been used within these circles. And it honestly

has a range of meanings. For some people, it means that they've just stepped back from a certain

kind of Christian church or culture or politics. While for others, it means that they've left

organized religion altogether. So, what is accounting for this rise of X-Vangelicles?

There are a couple of different things that happened over the past few years that have led to people

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