What It Means to Be Protestant: The Case for an Always-Reforming Church

by Gavin Ortlund

The second thing I noticed is that, among evangelicals, there appears to be insufficient awareness of, and response to, this phenomenon. This is not to say there are no evangelical Protestants engaging in these conversations. But the resources available to struggling Protestants are shockingly sparse. On the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox side (especially Catholic), there is a huge body of literature, social media presence, and apologetics ministries that are unmatched on the Protestant side. Just do an Amazon search for books in the genre of “Roman Catholic apologetics,” compare that with a search for “Protestant apologetics,” and you’ll see what I mean. And although I increasingly hear from people who have friends and family members transitioning out of Protestantism to different Christian traditions, many evangelicals remain completely unaware of this trend.