Salon unfortunately glossed over a really important detail: young people are, in fact, rushing to Evangelical Christianity, but it's a very specific demographic: Gen Z men. Women, on the other hand, are leaving in droves.
This would be alarming, except as a female former Christian pointed out: good luck running church without the women. Who runs the food pantry? Who organizes the potlucks? Who answers phones? Who schedules the weddings? Who runs the nursery or Sunday school? Because on the whole, it ain't the men.
If they want to call this a revival, I say let them, because it will be short-lived when the men say, "Hmm, yeah. Being an office manager isn't really what God has gifted me in doing..."
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