The Myth of the Everyday Evangelical
The theological and moral state of "grassroots" churches is not what some say.
One idea I am seeing a lot lately is the idea that within American evangelicalism, the ordinary, working-class, grassroots Joe Churchgoer is a theologically conservative worshiper who is frequently being held hostage to an incipient liberalism from “elite” Christian institutions. In many cases, the elite Christi…