As Goes the Pulpit, So Goes the Pew, As Goes the Pew, So Goes the Culture

Are you, as I am, alarmed at the abandonment of biblical truths as stated in the Word of God being proclaimed by “Woke” preachers within ever increasing evangelical pulpits across America? I say beware, of those pastors spewing far-left ideology from the pulpit. It is toxic as far as the Gospel of Jesus Christ is concerned. In the last few years, I have watched with dismay as Mainline Protestant Denominations slowly moved away from biblical principles/truths.  

In recent years, I have seen the same subtle bend toward leftist ideology slowly permeating the wider evangelical church. From what I have seen, read, and heard; those same battles fought in the mainline protestant denominations are now making inroads in evangelical churches. It is the same contretemps, the same jargon, and the same colloquialism repeating themselves with such punctiliousness that it warrants concern. More pastors are falling into the trap of woke culture because it is becoming vogue and appeals to the flesh.

Bowing to woke culture allows you to avoid rejection by culture and society. It is a popular message that resonates with many millennials, generation Z, X, and A demographic cohorts and is now being sermonized from many evangelical pulpits; traditionally Bible-believing, Gospel-preaching churches. We have gone so far that it should cause great concern to all Christians of all denominations.

I believe, "as goes the pulpit, so goes the pew. As goes the pew, so goes the culture." As a believer in Christ, A seminary graduate and an ordained clergyman, I put the full blame on us, right in our laps, because we want to be liked, loved, and followed on social media by millions of people. Pastors are the culprits. We need to be about Jesus, not about being liked, because that is toxic as far as the Gospel of Jesus Christ is concerned. Let it not be said of us; we as lay people, clerics and ministry leaders acquiesced to societal pressure and who are tempted to vacillate irresolutely between biblical truth and the heretical secular world.