Besides being an author, speaker, activist, and public theologian, McLaren says he's a "passionate advocate for 'a new kind of Christianity' – just, generous, and working with people of all faiths for the common good." April, Jeremy and Paul talk with Brian about his newest book "Do I Stay Christian?" Get Brian's book and learn more about his work at www.brianmclaren.net Check out our new Merch ISH or join our ISH Community: www.evangelicalish.com Follow the Evangelicalish team on Tiktok, IG, FB & Twitter: @evangelicalish, @pastorpaul_tiktok, @pastorfromok, @aprilajoy Or email us: evangelicalish@gmail.com

Rocky Roggio joins us this episode to talk about the film she directed called 1946 The Movie. 1946 is a documentary film that chronicles how the misuse of a single word changed the course of modern history - the word "homosexual" was not included in any Bible translation until 1946. We discuss the film and her own journey as a lesbian woman who was raised in a fundamentalist household. Learn more about 1946 the Movie: 1946themovie.com/ Support 1946 The Movie GoFundMe Here Check out our new Merch ISH or join our ISH Community: www.evangelicalish.com Follow the Evangelicalish team on Tiktok, IG, FB & Twitter: @evangelicalish, @pastorpaul_tiktok, @pastorfromok, @aprilajoy Or email us: evangelicalish@gmail.com

In this episode, we're joined by licensed therapist Adele Martelle to talk all things religious trauma and how it affects us. Adele is a somatic based psychotherapist, certified trauma professional and spiritual integrationist. She is also speaks on topics of religious trauma, complex ptsd, intimacy development, mindfulness and body based healing. Follow her IG or TikTok @AdelleMarTellit Sign up on her website for info on your purity culture course coming up: adelemartelle.com Check out our new Merch ISH or join our ISH Community: www.evangelicalish.com Follow the Evangelicalish team on Tiktok, IG, FB & Twitter: @evangelicalish, @pastorpaul_tiktok, @pastorfromok, @aprilajoy Or email us: evangelicalish@gmail.com

Apparently, some Christians believe the rapture is happening on February 15 so if true, this will be our last episode before the rapture. We talk about the rapture, Sam Smith's Grammy performance that sparked Satanic Panic and we wonder how God chooses a winner of the Super Bowl since he is always thanked by the winners.... If the Lord tarries, we will be back in a couple weeks. Check out our new Merch ISH or join our ISH Community: www.evangelicalish.com Follow the Evangelicalish team on Tiktok, IG, FB & Twitter: @evangelicalish, @pastorpaul_tiktok, @pastorfromok, @aprilajoy Or email us: evangelicalish@gmail.com

This week, Paul, Jeremy and April had a hard conversation that wasn't the prettiest- but it ended well. We decided to talk about it - our conflict, life after working in toxic churches, and things that trigger us since leaving. We also discuss the importance of recognizing these things in ourselves to figure out how we keep from falling back into old patterns. Check out our new Merch ISH or join our ISH Community: www.evangelicalish.com Follow the Evangelicalish team on Tiktok, IG, FB & Twitter: @evangelicalish, @pastorpaul_tiktok, @pastorfromok, @aprilajoy Or email us: evangelicalish@gmail.com

In this episode, we talk with Elora Dodd (@Online1schoolroomhouse) who is an Autistic comedian and activist who fights to improve the lives of disabled people and combat religious abuse. She shares some of her own story of growing up in the church, going to Oral Roberts University and shares stories of other people with disabilities, how the church treated them and what needs to change. Find Elora on Instagram: @online1roomschoolhouse Elora's Linktree (please note we experienced some audio issues in this episode that could not be correct and we apologize for the inconvenience) Check out our new Merch ISH or join our ISH Community: www.evangelicalish.com Follow the Evangelicalish team on Tiktok, IG, FB & Twitter: @evangelicalish, @pastorpaul_tiktok, @pastorfromok, @aprilajoy Or email us: evangelicalish@gmail.com

We're back for our first live show of 2023. We talk about New Year's resolutions, how we used to view them and how that's changed since deconstruction. We also talk about the fiasco that was the Speaker of the House vote and what that means for the political climate. Check out our new Merch ISH or join our ISH Community: www.evangelicalish.com Follow the Evangelicalish team on Tiktok, IG, FB & Twitter: @evangelicalish, @pastorpaul_tiktok, @pastorfromok, @aprilajoy Or email us: evangelicalish@gmail.com

Happy New year! To start season 3 off, we take a look back at 2022 and share a few of our favorite moments. We are thankful for this community and look forward to a new year. Check out our new Merch ISH or join our ISH Community: www.evangelicalish.com Follow the Evangelicalish team on Tiktok, IG, FB & Twitter: @evangelicalish, @pastorpaul_tiktok, @pastorfromok, @aprilajoy Or email us: evangelicalish@gmail.com

Season Finale** Will be back in Jan 2023* We are celebrating marriage equality being codified with the Respect for Marriage Act. We spend time talking about the bill and the christian response. Also, are expensive Christmas presentations at Church a way of honoring Jesus or a waste of money for people commanded to care for the poor? Jeremy was out sick so Episcopal Priest and overall good time Joseph Yoo joined Paul and April as co-host for the episode. Find Joseph online: https://josephyoo.com/ Check out our new Merch ISH or join our ISH Community: www.evangelicalish.com Follow the Evangelicalish team on Tiktok, IG, FB & Twitter: @evangelicalish, @pastorpaul_tiktok, @pastorfromok, @aprilajoy Or email us: evangelicalish@gmail.com

Content creator, cartoonist, artist and theologian David Hayward, aka the Naked Pastor, joins us for a chat about deconstruction and his mission now after leaving 30 years of pastoring behind. Check out his art at nakedpastor.com buy his book "Flip It Like This": Follow him on social media @nakedpastor Check out our new Merch ISH or join our ISH Community: www.evangelicalish.com Follow the Evangelicalish team on Tiktok, IG, FB & Twitter: @evangelicalish, @pastorpaul_tiktok, @pastorfromok, @aprilajoy Or email us: evangelicalish@gmail.com

Candice Teets joins the Evangelicalish team this week to offer an indigenous perspective to the Thanksgiving holiday. She also talks about her experience in a charismatic church, how her own indigenous culture was demonized and how she's been able to reconnect to her heritage since. Follow Candice online @candicecakes_ Sign the petition for Congress to Vote to Seat a Cherokee Delegate Check our Candice's RedBubble store, JKDesign Check out our new Merch ISH or join our ISH Community: www.evangelicalish.com Follow the Evangelicalish team on Tiktok, IG, FB & Twitter: @evangelicalish, @pastorpaul_tiktok, @pastorfromok, @aprilajoy Or email us: evangelicalish@gmail.com

With the all the political discourse around the midterm elections, there have been lots of gatekeeping within evangelical circles. Lots of conservatives say one can't be a christian if they vote democrat. So, in this episode we discuss how Jesus' teachings line up with our modern political environment. We also react to the midterm elections, the lack of a red wave and Donald Trump's 3rd run for president. Check out our new Merch ISH or join our ISH Community: www.evangelicalish.com Follow the Evangelicalish team on Tiktok, IG, FB & Twitter: @evangelicalish, @pastorpaul_tiktok, @pastorfromok, @aprilajoy Or email us: evangelicalish@gmail.com

Paul and April talk with American journalist Katherine Stewart about her book The Power Worshippers: The Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism and how she has tracked the danger of this Christian political uprising for many years. Buy her book and learn more about Katherine here: katherinestewart.me Check out our new Merch ISH or join our ISH Community: www.evangelicalish.com Follow the Evangelicalish team on Tiktok, IG, FB & Twitter: @evangelicalish, @pastorpaul_tiktok, @pastorfromok, @aprilajoy Or email us: evangelicalish@gmail.com

This week, Paul, Jeremy and April are joined by John Pavlovitz. John is a writer, pastor, and activist from North Carolina committed to equality, diversity, and justice while actively working for a more compassionate planet. He is the author of If God Is Love, Don’t Be a Jerk, A Bigger Table, Hope and Other Superpowers, Low, Rise, and Stuff That Needs to Be Said. https://johnpavlovitz.com/ In this episode, we discuss Christian Nationalism and the upcoming election. We also each share our Hate Comment of the Week. Check out our new Merch ISH or join our ISH Community: www.evangelicalish.com Follow the Evangelicalish team on Tiktok, IG, FB & Twitter: @evangelicalish, @pastorpaul_tiktok, @pastorfromok, @aprilajoy Or email us: evangelicalish@gmail.com

It's spooky season, so for Halloween we wanted to talk about the scariest thing in evangelical dogma: Hell. In this episode, we talk all about the after life: The different views of hell and what we believe now. Check out our new Merch ISH or join our ISH Community: www.evangelicalish.com Follow the Evangelicalish team on Tiktok, IG, FB & Twitter: @evangelicalish, @pastorpaul_tiktok, @pastorfromok, @aprilajoy Or email us: evangelicalish@gmail.com

Writer and Comedian Kristina Hart joins Evangelicalish to talk about her experience as a Persian woman and child of Iranian immigrants living in America and how that influenced some her deconstruction journey. She talks about the women's revolution happening in Iran, why it matters and how we can help. Follow her on social media @edgykristinahart Buy her shirt "I'm a love your neighbor Christian, not a storm the Capitol kind" https://www.superweirdpod.com/kristina-hart-merch Check out our new Merch ISH or join our ISH Community: www.evangelicalish.com Follow the Evangelicalish team on Tiktok, IG, FB & Twitter: @evangelicalish, @pastorpaul_tiktok, @pastorfromok, @aprilajoy Or email us: evangelicalish@gmail.com

The Evangelicalish crew does their first live event from the historic Lipstick Lounge in Nashville, Tennessee! Trust us you're gonna wanna take a listen to this one! The real conversations about community, family, and love was powerful, and the jokes were epic. Also, did we mention MADLIBS? That's right! April writes an epic Madlib for the live event that will leave you on the floor while Paul and Jeremy struggle to keep a straight face. Check out our new website and join our ISH Community: www.evangelicalish.com Follow the Evangelicalish team on Tiktok, IG, FB & Twitter: @evangelicalish, @pastorpaul_tiktok, @pastorfromok, @aprilajoy Or email us: evangelicalish@gmail.com

Are Ron DeSantis' actions "Christ-like?" Should we be worried that cars in Tennessee are now numerically marked as "Christian" or "Non-Christian?" and what on earth is going on at Trump rallies with culty salutes? Join us in Nashville LIVE Oct. 1 at the Lipstick Lounge. https://evangelicalish.podia.com/nashvillesplash

Member of popular Christian Band DC Talk, now an exvangelical, Kevin Max joins us. We discuss how life has been since he tweeted he is an exvangelical, his deconstruction journey, and his upcoming Winter Woods album. We also talk about Lord of the Rings and other fantasy world things just for fun. Support his Winter Woods Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kevinmax/winter-woods www.kevinmax.com Check out our new website and join our ISH Community: www.evangelicalish.com Join us LIVE in Nashville on Sat. Oct 1, 2022. Follow the Evangelicalish team on Tiktok, IG, FB & Twitter: @evangelicalish, @pastorpaul_tiktok, @pastorfromok, @aprilajoy Or email us: evangelicalish@gmail.com

In this episode, April and Jeremy talk with George Azar about his story going from an evangelical pastor that "struggled with same-sex attraction" to leaving the church to embrace himself as a gay man. We talk about his upcoming book "My Gay Church Days" and what life was like for him to get to this point. Follow George  @My Gay Church Days  Pre-order his book: https://www.mygaychurchdays.com/ Check out our new website and join our ISH Community: www.evangelicalish.com Join us LIVE in Nashville on Sat. Oct 1, 2022. Follow the Evangelicalish team on Tiktok, IG, FB & Twitter: @evangelicalish, @pastorpaul_tiktok, @pastorfromok, @aprilajoy Or email us: evangelicalish@gmail.com