Rachel Held Evans, a progressive Christian author who challenged sexism and racism in the evangelical community, dies at 37

“A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear.”

Evans was known for challenging the evangelical community by addressing sexism and racism and 'championing voices of people who have been marginalized in the church,' including the LGBTQ community, Bessy said.

A resident of Dayton, Tennessee, Evans' books include Faith Unraveled, A Year of Biblical Womanhood, and Searching for Sunday.

Evans' website said she wrote about 'faith, doubt and life in the Bible Belt.'

She served on former President Barack Obama's Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships.
Good riddance, niggerlover.