WASHINGTON – As the son of a preacher, Tim Alberta spent his formative years in church.
“I did my homework there. I played games there. I met girlfriends there. I worked as a janitor there while I was going to community college for a year,” Alberta recalled, describing the Michigan congregation where his father served as senior pastor for 25 years.
During college, he could not have imagined his future in journalism would one day mirror his role as a janitor — working to keep the church clean and spotless.
“I think one could look at this as airing the dirty laundry of the church—feeding ammunition to the enemies on the outside,” Alberta conceded in an interview with CBN News after the release of his latest book.
“But I truly believe that the church needs accountability,” he added, acknowledging his deep discomfort writing critically about an institution he referred to as his family and community.
His quest for accountability resulted in The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory, a book in which Alberta examines what he describes as political extremism in the evangelical church.
“The purpose is twofold in shining a light into this darkness as it pertains to the evangelical
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