Her close friends Sarah Bessey and Jeffrey Chu, with whom she organized the event, recalled how she created space, and hope, for evangelicals questioning the institutions of their faith. Ms. Evans fearlessly challenged traditional authority structures, which were often conservative and male. She would spar with evangelical men on Twitter, brazenly and publicly challenging their views of everything from human sexuality to politics to Biblical inerrancy. “I was on the other side of her Twitter indignation many times, but I respected her because she was never a phony,” Mr. Moore said. And it drew thousands who found in her a respite, and a friend.

Source: New York Times May 04, 2019 22:07 UTC