A couple of years ago, The Gospel Coalition announced the Tim Keller Center For Cultural Apologetics, whilst its namesake was still alive. They had an inaugural class of fellows for the think tank outlet. The Keller Center sought to be in incubator for liberal Evangelical elites. Its first class notably included Gavin Ortlund, Michael Keller (son of Tim Keller), Sam Allberry, Trevin Wax, and Rebecca McLaughlin. Now, The Gospel Coalition has announced six more fellows to the ranks of the woke incubator.
Up first, we have Alex Harris, who isn’t active on social media much, but was a supporter of the serial liar Hannah-Kate Williams.
Then there is Timothy Paul Jones, who runs a failed apologetics podcast called, The Apologetics Podcast. Signs definitely point to Jones being a rising star in Evangelicalism.
Matt McCullough is the pastor of Edgefield Church in Nashville, Tennessee, a Southern Baptist Church. He’s been around in Big Eva for a while with writing and spot podcast appearances.
John Starke is the lead pastor at Apostles Church Uptown in Manhattan with female deacons.
Sarah Irving-Stonebraker is the Australian addition to the crew. The hyphenated last name is already a bad sign, but she is something of an up-and-coming author, and that’s why she’s here.
Lastly, there’s Walter R. Strickland II. He is best known for being one of the major woke influencers at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Can’t have a Keller Center class without a diversity hire, which is a summation. I was honestly surprised he didn’t make the first class.
He’s even got a Woke Preacher Clip alongside Side B Theologian Preston Sprinkle.
PSA: The MLK "ChurchToo" tapes are due to come out in just 3 years. This is not how you should be preparing for their release.
— Woke Preacher Clips (@WokePreacherTV) November 8, 2024
Dr. Walter Strickland attempts to deny King's infamous philandering, saying there's only "scattered documentation" of it and "some people who are… pic.twitter.com/rlK0hj3ocA
The newest class of the Keller Center is not nearly as shiny as the first class, with Starke and Strickland being the biggest names. However, that they only have six names, with some of them being questionable investments, is some sort of sign that the Keller Center does not have a deep pool of rising stars to draft into their ranks.
