The Religion News Godcast welcomes Azariah Southworth

This week on the Religion News Godcast: Azariah Southworth, the evangelical-turned-agnostic who outed evangelical writer Jonathan Merritt.

This week on the Religion News Godcast: Azariah Southworth, the evangelical-turned-agnostic who outed evangelical writer Jonathan Merritt.

Southworth, who once hosted a Christian TV program in Nashville, left evangelicalism after he came out as gay. And after what we he called a romantic and sexual encounter with Merritt in Chicago, Southworth outed Merritt when Merritt stood up for Chik-fil-A.

In the weeks since, Southworth says his only regret is that he didn't give Merritt a heads up before he outed him. He'd do it again, he says, but differently.


For his part, Merritt says “I don't identify as “gay” because I believe there can be a difference between what one experiences and the life that God offers.”

So, please come check out this week's Religion News Godcast. It's free and available every Friday.

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