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Evangelicalism has taken the Extrovert

Ideal to its logical extreme,

McHugh is telling us. If you don’t love

Jesus out loud, then it must not be real

love. It’s not enough to forge your own

spiritual connection to the divine; it

must be displayed publicly. Is it any wonder

that introverts like Pastor McHugh

start to question their own hearts?

It’s brave of McHugh, whose spiritual

and professional calling depends on his

connection to God, to confess his selfdoubt.

He does so because he wants to

spare others the inner conflict he has

struggled with, and because he loves

evangelicalism and wants it to grow by

learning from the introverts in its

midst.

But he knows that meaningful change

will come slowly to a religious culture

that sees extroversion not only as a personality

trait but also as an indicator of

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