Between 2009 and 2019 there has been a slow but steady decline of Americans who call themselves “Evangelicals.” Over the past few years, there has been a growing distrust of Evangelicals. Societal and political events have cast doubt from the outside while internal unrest and trauma have fueled a sort of civil war among Evangelicals, leading to a mass exodus of individuals who had grown up in the Evangelical church. All these events have caused both insiders and outsiders to ask “Is the Evangelical movement at an end?”

Perhaps a better question to ask is, “Should the Evangelical movement come to an end?” What part of the Christian witness is strengthened by the title “Evangelical”? What is lost? Are we losing more than we gain by calling ourselves Evangelicals? Is it time to give up the title “Evangelical”? Or is it still worth the effort? All that and more on this edition of Questions From The Pew.