Cancelling Eugene Peterson
The famous pastor got on Evangelicals’ bad side
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6 min readMar 7, 2021
New details are coming in about the eerie day in 2017 when Eugene Peterson, the most famous pastor in the world, got cancelled.
At age 84, the author of classics like his memoir The Pastor, and his ultra-bestselling Message Bible—felt he was about done. He agreed to an interview with Religion News that was an end-of-career overview.