Clergy Project
An online community of ex-clergy nears a milestone
Losing my religion: Clergy who no longer believe gather online
Skeptics wonder if ex-clergy should lead atheist movements
A year after losing faith, atheist pastor finds a new calling
Former preacher becomes a poster boy for unbelief
NEW ORLEANS (RNS) Jerry DeWitt is beginning to develop a national profile in the small universe of organized unbelievers as a former Pentecostal preacher who little by little lost his faith right there in the pulpit. Now DeWitt is out of the pulpit, and public about his nonbelief. By Bruce Nolan.
Sidebar: Pastor’s loss of faith started with loss of hell
(RNS) Jerry DeWitt’s transition from true believer to total skeptic took 25 years. It began, he said, with the idea of hell. How could it be, as he had been taught and preached, that a loving God would damn most people to eternal fire? By Kimberly Winston.
For clergy, lost faith can lead to lost family, jobs
BETHESDA, Md. (RNS) The goal of the Clergy Project is not to pull pastors from the pulpit, but to provide those who have already lost their faith with a safe place to anonymously discuss what what’s next. By Kimberly Winston.