The Church Basement Roadshow

We’ve been to a lot of cities so far, and it’s funny how many people in these cities claim that they are: – The buckle of the Bible belt – The least churched city in America – The city with the most witch covens per capita – The city with the best Bar-B-Que Well, we…

In an effort with Relevant.com we have launched a site called ReThink Christianity (www.RethinkChristianity.com). The site is designed to be interactive with posts and videos. Each week we will have a new question that we are looking for a written or video response to. We will have a “video confession booth” at each of our…

Due to an unforeseen emergency the shows in Austin – Saturday, July 19 and Houston – Sunday, July 20 have been postponed. If and when shows can be rescheduled we will post the information here. The shows of leg 3 – East Coast starting July 25 in New Orleans will keep with their schedule dates.…

For the next four days we have a documentary filmmaker traveling in the RV with us recording our every movement and conversation (ala. Cinéma vérité technique). He joined us yesterday and has filmed us doing the show, loading up the trailer, talking with one another, getting lost trying to find an RV park, and lying…

Recent articles in both Newsweek and The New Yorker have discussed the changing face of evangelicals in the American political landscape–particularly younger evangelicals who seem unwilling to carry on the hard-line, single agenda politics of their predecessors…

Having one’s book reviewed is almost always a good thing. It means that someone is reading your book and taking it seriously enough to reflect on it and write about it. The editors over at the Out of Ur blog (from Christianity Today) told me they were surprised when they received Chad Hall’s review of…

After learning that we dress up as old-timey revivalists for the Church Basement Roadshow, some have supposed that we are making fun of American religious tradition. This could not be further from the truth…

We’ve had some great shows in the past few days, but last night may have taken the cake. We presented our show in the basement of the stately First United Methodist Church in Wichita, Kansas. The basement was packed — it was our biggest show yet with over 250 in attendance. Young and old were…

It’s Saturday, and that means Religion sections in most major newspapers. And, believe it or not, some of them are covering the Roadshow: Fort Worth Omaha Tulsa Austin

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