Zach Lambert is the founder and lead pastor of the Restore Austin church in Texas. Among other things, Lambert’s bio on the church’s website lists him as the founder of the Post Evangelical Collective, which is “a group of pastors, artists, and leaders committed to full inclusion, holistic justice, deep and wide formation, a gracious posture, and the Way of Jesus.” The four core values of Restore Austin are Grace, Authenticity, Diversity, and Partnerships. “Authenticity” was a big one a few years ago when many churches were leaning into post-modernism and the world. Those churches usually went by names like The Rock, Village, Well, Compass, City, Village, Space, Collective, Hypotenuse, or Pavement. Or some other random word. Everyone at these churches agreed that authenticity was important, but I never heard someone explain what they meant by it. If you were young, hip, and somewhat fresh out of Bible College, a church plant needed to be “authentic.” Lambert also reportedly once stated that Jesus would be LGBTQ-affirming.
The Publica reports that Lambert, apparently to showcase his progressive street credit, took to X on November 27 to sing the…
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