Jonathan Steingard and the Evangelical Dispensing of Existence

Clint Heacock
11 min readMay 30, 2020

Near the end of May 2020, Jonathan Steingard, the frontman for the Christian rock/punk band Hawk Nelson, posted a lengthy Instagram statement in which he confirmed that he no longer believed in God. Just a few days later, as early as the 27th of May, media outlets like CNN, Variety and others picked up on the breaking story.

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Clint Heacock

I’m an ex-evangelical speaking out about the dangers posed by the Christian Right, dominion theology, and Christian nationalism. Host of the MindShift podcast.