You’re not alone! Whether it’s U.S. politics or the politics of the country you’re serving in, it can all feel pretty overwhelming. Dr. Russell Moore of Christianity Today gives excellent perspective and advice for missionaries who feel caught in the middle on the MDM podcast: https://mdmpodcast.org/podcast/politics-faith-missionaries-caught-in-the-middle-russell-moore/. Let us know what you think!
Sadly Christianity Today has drifted significantly to the political far left in recent years. I no longer subscribe. I would view with caution what their writers have to say about our political landscape. There are far better sources for advice and perspective.
In case you don’t know Cody Libolt, I think you’ll like him.
Although I don’t agree with Russell Moore on everything, I believe he is an important voice to listen to, particularly helping to give us a 10,000 ft perspective above politics with more of a Kingdom view.
Even though I’m a dreaded Boomer, I’m not completely out of touch. I see a growing number of younger self-identified Christians who see Moore, Chandler, and Platt as dangerous influences because in a significant subset of this generation’s eyes their work hastens – as they see it – the demise of the country under the pretense of Christianity. Call them wrong if you will but as they see it, influencers like Moore et al are living high off the remains of yesteryear’s Christian endowments while destroying the same for future generations. This causes this group to tune out pleas to reach the unreached masses because they sense America’s “home base” is quickly unraveling. People may call that selfish or whatever but they point out things like Platt’s allegedly expensive house in a safe neighborhood and supposedly pricey cars as hypocritical while his perceived advocacy for unrestrained immigration and other influencers’ leftist Biases (like Moore’s always “punching right and coddling the left”) as reasons associated with their generation’s seemingly hopeless inability to lead a “middle class lifestyle” and the reason Abortion cannot be abolished. Again critique those opinions however you will… they leave a new generation of self-identified Christians resistant to a call for reaching the unreached and multiply the voices that we already heard in our generation who ask “what are we doing for people here”? By promoting Moore, you may have just signaled Brigada is part of the same hopeless “Boomer consensus” that is pushing some self-identified younger Christians to far more dangerous (even “Nazi”) voice on the right. I know that’s not what you intend, but it’s an issue the missionary movement must address.
Hi Chuck. Brigada tries to stay neutral on political views. This was submitted by a dedicated reader/participant. But thanks for expressing your side.