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Don't Miss the Fall Edition of the Mere Orthodoxy Journal

Evangelistic Postures

February 14th, 2023 | 9 min read

By Jake Meador

(Note: I’m going to be using the short hand from Mike and Skyler’s six-way fracturing article throughout this piece. So if you haven’t read it, start there.)

The core problem facing the preservation or formation of conservative Protestant coalitions right now is that trust has broken down within the movement. In theory, what ought to be happening is that a movement spanning from something like 2.3 to 3.7 on Mike and Skyler’s framework should be holding together, keeping each other accountable to the temptations to radicalize to the left or the right, and trying to find ways to better catechize and disciple those within our churches and to evangelize the many who are outside.

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Jake Meador

Jake Meador is the editor-in-chief of Mere Orthodoxy. He is a 2010 graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where he studied English and History. He lives in Lincoln, NE with his wife Joie, their daughter Davy Joy, and sons Wendell, Austin, and Ambrose. Jake's writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Commonweal, Christianity Today, Fare Forward, the University Bookman, Books & Culture, First Things, National Review, Front Porch Republic, and The Run of Play and he has written or contributed to several books, including "In Search of the Common Good," "What Are Christians For?" (both with InterVarsity Press), "A Protestant Christendom?" (with Davenant Press), and "Telling the Stories Right" (with the Front Porch Republic Press).

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