Exvangelical

Exvangelical is a term to describe people who have left evangelicalism, especially white evangelical churches in the United States, for atheism, agnosticism, progressive Christianity, or any other religious belief, or lack thereof.

People in the movement may also be called "exvies". The term prodigals is sometimes used for exvangelicals by people who remain evangelical.

Many exvangelicals attribute their departure to experiences of anti-LGBTQ beliefs and practices, misogyny, and racism in evangelicalism, to skepticism toward the Church's moral and social teachings, to a personal crisis of faith, and/or to sexual abuse in a religious setting.