Is the Church too political?

In the book, "UnChristian" by David Kinnaman and Gabe Lyons it appears that young adults think so.

"Twenty two years ago, when I was looking at evangelical Christianity from the inside, it seemed like a movement bursting with energy to spread good news to people. Looking at it from the outside today, this message seems to have been lost in exchange for an aggressive political strategy that demonizes segments of society." Brandon, 32

In UnChristian we see that there is a perception among young adults that "Christians are primarily motivated by a political agenda and promote right-wing politics." The authors also say that young adults see the need for a new perception, "Christians are characterized by respecting people, thinking biblically, and finding solutions to complex issues."

"Young adults are less likely than preceding generations to start their political explorations as Republicans. As people get older, they usually become more politically conservative. Yet the up-and-coming generation is less likely to rally around Republicans and politically conservative banners than we the people of the same age just twenty years ago. American young adults under age twenty six, connection to the Republican Party is at its lowest point in two decades."

THE PLANTER SPEAKS: Well, I know there is a tendency to write these young ones off as being way out there. But before you do that, remember there are really valid reasons that these young ones have come to these conclusions. And they are valid reasons. We have left the emerging generations with a hodgepodge of conflicting examples regarding politics and Scriptural truth. They see our hypocritical positions and presentations for our political causes and through it all Jesus was not even present.