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American Christianity includes over 200 denominations. One of the fastest growing is the orthodoxy of Woke. Woke Christianity is the single greatest threat to the modern church since the first century.
There are two ways to tell if your church or religious organization has gone woke. First, what’s missing? And second, what replaced what’s missing?

If sound biblical preaching about sin, salvation, Jesus’ virgin birth, and other teachings are absent, that’s not woke; it’s just weak. But if those essentials were replaced by Critical Race Theory (CRT), tolerance, and a watered-down social gospel, a woke cancer is growing.

The church has adapted to the landscape of society for ages, in most cases, harmlessly. Stained glass sanctuaries gave way to coffee shops. Hymns became “worship.” Change happens. Is social justice merely another minor adjustment, or is “progress” deception in disguise?

A Black Lives Matter logo or rainbow banner would be an obvious red flag (pun intended). If Pastor Samuel is now Samantha, do not walk, run! Most warning signs are less obvious. How can you discern if an organization is relevant versus woke?

What is “woke” in a church context? Webster defines woke as: “Aware of and actively attentive to important facts and issues (especially racial and social justice).” While it can be other things, woke is most often applied to race issues, so let’s focus there.

Woke ascribes to the unbiblical philosophy that only two groups exist in history: Oppressed and Oppressors. Wealthy, educated, and successful people are oppressors; everyone else is oppressed. To question the sacred doctrine of CRT is to be racist.

Jesus ministered to everyone – crossing racial, ethnic, and national lines. We should be aware of injustice and oppression. Justice for the weak and oppressed is urged in scripture (Isa. 1:17; Micah 6:8). God is not an elitist. He shows partiality to no one (Gal. 2:6, Eph. 6:9). Few Christians would argue otherwise. Christians lead the world in helping the poor, elderly, widows, and orphans (Psalm 68:5) as we should. In 2021, American Christians donated over $145 Billion to charities, making Christians by far the most loving, caring people in the world, but that’s insufficient for the woke.

Wokeness teaches that we are not responsible for our own lives. We’re born privileged or oppressed. The Bible says we are personally accountable for our sins (James 1:13-15). God created us all equal. Acts 17:26 says we are all created “of one blood.” The sin of racism requires repentance, like any other sin. Wokeness replaces repentance with reparations.

Here are four of many warning signs your organization is going woke.