Amy Hawk
HOW EVANGELICALS BETRAYED JESUS FOR POWER
In 2016, Amy Hawk was a hyper-patriotic, Jesus-loving, white, evangelical, church-attending, and ministry-leading wife and mom living in a small town in the Pacific Northwest. She came into the election determined to vote Republican, but when she saw the video of Donald Trump mocking a disabled journalist, she hurled herself off the Trump train and never looked back. Shunned by some in her conservative evangelical community, her world was shattered and her faith tested as she was forced to reevaluate the Christian institutions she devoted her life to.
Disoriented and confused by the church's embrace of a man who is the antithesis of Jesus, Hawk turned to the Scriptures for answers. Part Bible study and part personal faith journey, The Judas Effect is about the selling out of Christian values for political gain. It's about how, buoyed by Trumpism, the message ringing from church bells across America has morphed from "goodwill toward men" to "it's us against them." By sharing her own faith crisis, Hawk casts a vision for the evangelical church that steers us away from Judas's power lust, toward a Christ-centered mission of servitude, humility, compassion, and kindness.
What The Readers Are Saying
JAMES BRAUER
MEDICAL DOCTOR
Amy Hawk is a spiritual 'sister' whose love for Jesus and his church is clearly genuine. In The Judas Effect, she shares her personal spiritual journey and the anguish caused by the evangelical church's deeply troubling embrace of Donald Trump.
SUSAN WADE
AP U.S. HISTORY AND AMERICAN GOVERNMENT TEACHER
As a deeply devoted follower of Jesus and serious student of the Bible, Amy Hawk boldly shines the light of Scripture on the path the evangelical church in America has taken in recent years.
LISA SAUNDERS
ASSOCIATE PASTOR, EMMANUEL CHURCH
Amy Hawk is a wonderful voice crying out in the wilderness! The Judas Effect is the book the church needs NOW as many struggle to understand what has happened to the evangelical church in America since 2016.
Author's Inspiration
TELLING THE TRUTH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THE EVANGELICAL CHURCH CAN DO.
This has always been my contention. I mean, we are out here trying to convince the world that we know the way to God. They aren’t going to go anywhere near us, let alone follow us, if we have one foot on the road of truth and the other on a road of lies.