Many church leaders in U.S. on wrong side of power, new book asserts

 

“There’s something desperately wrong with the church in America.” 

That’s what David Fitch, author of the new book Reckoning with Power: Why the Church Fails When It’s on the Wrong Side of Power, says about Christians in that country who support Trump and are part of what’s known as Christian Nationalism in the U.S. 

Fitch, who teaches at Northern Seminary near Chicago, made the comment about those Christian leaders, mostly evangelicals, who seek to use the power of the state to force their version of Christian faith on that country. 

“That is so different from when God’s power is at work,” he said. “But many seem willing to exchange God’s power for worldly power to make the state do what they think should be done.” 

Read about Fitch’s new book, and the way some Christian leaders are trying to shape America according to their Christian beliefs—and what Canadian Christians can learn from the mistakes of their American neighbours—in my recent column in the Free Press.