Megachurch Pastor Carl Lentz of Hillsong Church NYC has admitted that due to the way the word is often used in U.S. right-wing circles, he hesitates to call himself an evangelical.
“The term evangelical has been, in my mind, almost hijacked. I’m hesitant to use it, and it’s a shame because evangelical, in its purest sense, is a group of people who believe Jesus is Lord, Jesus is God. But what’s happened is evangelical in America means conservative Christianity. That doesn’t even exist. There’s no such thing as conservative Christianity,” Lentz said in an interview with MSNBC on Sunday.
Lentz went on to clarify that evangelical is supposed to mean a believer who spreads the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and expressed his desire to redefine the way it has been used.
The popular preacher, known as the pastor of celebrities, such as Justin Bieber, said that his fears are that those on the right have molded the word to mean white and conservative.
Responding to a poll showing majority approval for President Donald Trump among white evangelicals, Lentz said, “I think there’s a whole generation of young people, especially who don’t want to equate being a…
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