Scripture engagement, in-person church key to solving evangelicals’ belief crisis, experts say

Reversing the spiritual confusion evident among many evangelicals in the United States will require greater engagement with Scripture, more attention to discipleship and a commitment to attend church in person, leading pastors and scholars say.

“There’s a direct relationship between cultural relativism and the consternation regarding our social-political, cultural landscape and the lack of accuracy or affirmation of theological orthodoxy,” said Samuel Rodriguez Jr., pastor of New Season Church in Sacramento, California.

Trevin Wax, a columnist at The Gospel Coalition website and a former missionary to Romania, said Christians need...