Spring Book Study

Name: Spring Book Study
Start: 2026-03-31T18:30:00-07:00
End: 2026-03-31T20:30:00-07:00
Location: 5100 E The Toledo, Long Beach, CA, United States, California 90803

Schedule

Tue Mar 31 2026 at 06:30 pm to 08:30 pm

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Location

5100 E The Toledo, Long Beach, CA, United States, California 90803 | Long Beach, CA

Spring Book Study for Adults – American Idolatry
Begins Tuesday, February 17 – 6:30 PM in Gabrielson Chapel
Join Pastor Susie for an eight-session study on American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel and Threatens the Church by Andrew L. Whitehead. Whitehead writes from the perspective of a sociologist by training as well as a person of faith. This subject is timely and important for Christians who seek to be spiritually grounded, to love our neighbors, and who want to thoughtfully and faithfully engage in the public sphere.
The study will run from February 17 thorough April 21. Tuesday evening sessions will meet at 6:30 PM in Gabrielson Chapel and on Zoom. We will not meet on Board of Stewards weeks. If there is enough interest to have a Wednesday morning session at 10:00 AM for those who cannot meet on Tuesdays, that could be offered as well. Please RSVP to [email protected] sign up (and please indicate which session time you would prefer).
Books, schedules, and a sign up sheet will be available in the Fellowship Hall this Sunday.
From the Publisher:
“Power. Fear. Violence. These three idols of Christian nationalism are corrupting American Christianity.
Andrew Whitehead is a leading scholar on Christian nationalism in America and speaks widely on its effects within Christian communities. In this book, he shares his journey and reveals how Christian nationalism threatens the spiritual lives of American Christians and the church.
Whitehead shows how Christians harm their neighbors when they embrace the idols of power, fear, and violence. He uses two key examples–racism and xenophobia–to demonstrate that these idols violate core Christian beliefs. Through stories, he illuminates expressions of Christianity that confront Christian nationalism and offer a faithful path forward.
American Idolatry encourages further conversation about what Christian nationalism threatens, how to face it, and why it is vitally important to do so. It will help identify Christian nationalism and build a framework that makes sense of the relationship between faith and the current political and cultural context.”