{"id":67320,"date":"2024-05-29T16:46:16","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T20:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/slacktivist\/?p=67320"},"modified":"2024-05-29T16:46:16","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T20:46:16","slug":"start-spreading-the-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/slacktivist\/2024\/05\/29\/start-spreading-the-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Start spreading the news"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\u2022 \u201cCalifornia evangelical seminary ponders changes that would make it more welcoming to LGBTQ students<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

If Fuller changes its policies, does that mean they would rehire Ruth Schmidt, who was fired by the seminary back in January for objecting to the anti-gay language in its statement of faith<\/a>? Or maybe they\u2019d consider bringing back theologian J.R. Daniel Kirk who was forced out a few years back for \u201cpondering changes\u201d that were not yet permitted to be pondered?<\/p>\n

It\u2019s likely too soon to consider such questions, given that the pondering-pushback-penitence cycle of white evangelicalism suggests that the outrage industrial complex of white-\/Christian-nationalism is about to go scorched earth on the school.<\/p>\n

John Hawthorne makes this point in Deepa Bharath\u2019s AP report<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Hawthorne, whose upcoming book argues that Christian colleges should put students front and center instead of worrying about critics, anticipates \u201csignificant blowback\u201d from conservative Christians should Fuller move forward with the revisions.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope they have a plan on how to manage the aftermath, the storm, when it comes,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For some dismal context presented here as prediction, see earlier:<\/p>\n