I live just outside Moscow, Idaho. My small community was recently branded by Buzzfeed as the third creepiest town in the United States. The reason? My pastor Doug Wilson of Christ Church.
Wilson is regularly disinvited from evangelical Christian conferences, including a major conference in Brazil (as reported by Christianity Today). Sarah Stankorb gossips about Christ Church scandals in Vice, Slate, and her book Disobedient Women. Even Kevin DeYoung, respected pastor and author, criticizes my church’s “mood.” For the full rap sheet, see Wilson’s blog, under the heading “Controversy Library.” Wilson detractors have even accused the church-affiliated Logos high school basketball player (coached by Wilson’s son) of sexual assault, merely for boxing out.
So what have Wilson and Christ Church done to attract a national — even international — media smear campaign? Quite simply, they have taken a stand for traditional Biblical values. They are applying “All of Christ to All of Life,” including politics, the public square, and relations between the sexes (i.e., that husbands should love their wives, and that wives should respect their husbands). Wilson and Christ Church are the secularists’ worst nightmare.
Over several decades, Wilson and Christ Church have helped found multiple flagship institutions, including Logos School, New Saint Andrews College, and Canon Press, as well as national organizations like the Association of Classical Christian Schools (ACCS) and the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches (CREC). Wilson has authored or contributed to hundreds of books, in addition to blogging, podcasting, public speaking, and giving sermons.
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