Why Non-Denominational Churches Scare Me

Straight White American Jesus

Axis Mundi Media: Bradley Onishi + Daniel Miller

News, Politics

4.7 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2021

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Brad discusses a new article at WaPo on the Trumpism and Christian nationalism of non-denominational churches. He points out that this is not a new phenomenon to anyone who has been paying attention He points out that the identity of non-denominational Christian might replace the Evangelical identity for some people--which helps make sense of recent data on a decline in Evangelical numbers across the country He spends the bulk of the episode explaining how non-denominational churches are ripe for political mobilization because they have removed all guard rails. As independent churches with no larger affiliations, they open an authority vacuum for toxic political personalities and movements to take hold of their community. Thus, it's no coincidence that Trump spent significant time courting non-denominational Christians and why these churches are at the heart of MAGA Nation. Subscribe for $5.99 a month to get bonus episodes, ad-free listening, access to the entire 500-episode archive, Discord access, and more: https://axismundi.supercast.com/ Linktree: https://linktr.ee/StraightWhiteJC Order Brad's new book: https://www.amazon.com/Preparing-War-Extremist-Christian-Nationalism/dp/1506482163 SWAJ Apparel is here! https://straight-white-american-jesus.creator-spring.com/listing/not-today-uncle-ron To Donate: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/BradleyOnishi Venmo: @straightwhitejc Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an irreverent podcast.
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0:18.5	What's up y'all?
0:19.7	Welcome to Straight White America.
0:20.6	Jesus, my name is Brad O'Neeshy.
0:22.7	Our show's so-so in partnership with the CapCenter at UCSB.
0:26.6	I want to talk about non-denominational churches today and why they are
0:31.4	scary to me just to put it frankly before we get there.
0:36.0	Just want to reiterate and something I know that some of you have heard me say over the last month or so,
0:40.9	but entering a new phase of our show going to be stepping away.
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