5 Follow-Up Notes on the Q Conference

Highlights from my recent conversation with Kaitlyn Schiess at the Holy Post.

Well, that seems to have struck a chord.

Thanks to all of you who read and responded to my recent essay on the Q Conference (rebranded as THINQ media), the annual Nashville gathering that seems to have taken an ideologically charged turn since 2020. Many of you responded because you have also noticed the turn, and wonder what it means for the broader church in the U.S.

Image: THINQ Media

Is Q’s “negative world” rebrand a sign that more American Christians have given up on winsomeness in favor of winning? What’s up with the world of Christian conferences, anyway? And how do we respond when a church, organization, or leader whom we once loved and on some level identified with seems to have changed? Or was it we who changed? Or perhaps it’s both.

I was grateful to dig into these and other questions with Kaitlyn Schiess on the newest episode of the Holy Post. In addition to being an HP cohost, Kaitlyn is an excellent Bible scholar and author of the Brazos book The Ballot and the Bible: How S…