Josh Harris: “I excommunicated myself”

With warnings about Trump, the ex-Christian leader steps into a post-Christian spirituality.

Jonathan | sex & theology
Nov 4 · 4 min read

Didn’t Christians use to avoid excommunication? Maybe the latest thing is to do it to yourself. In a new interview, Joshua Harris reflects on his career as celebrity pastor and ‘purity’ guru. “I excommunicated people,” he says. Not living the right way? Out you go. “I think I came to a point of recognizing, you know, I’m not living according to this.”

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