The Standard Operating System

This historical context unveils the truth that evangelicalism and white evangelicalism happen to be at least four-hundred-or-so-year-old conjoined twins who have never been separated in their lives. The recorded history of evangelicalism in America began with white people, and because white Christians have historically possessed seats of power, white evangelicalism has become the standard operating system by which the authenticity of one’s Christianity and convictions is vetted.

The long and winding story of white evangelicalism is one of oppression. But there I go, using that term…