Last week Lecrae tweeted: “Once upon a time I thought I was done with Christianity. But the reality was I was just done with the institutional, corporatized, gentrified, politicized, culturally exclusive version of it.”
The following day, Lecrae re-shared his tweet and wrote: “Just lost a show because of this tweet. Point proven.”
The Grammy award-winning artist added: “Vulnerability gets people kicked out of exclusive tribes. Jesus welcomes the outcast and seeks to bring healing.”
In recent years, some notable Christian figures have claimed they are deconstructing from Christianity altogether after experiencing doubts about their faith. Lecrae admits that he also had to do some soul searching after feeling abused by fellow Christians in 2017.
That season almost made him walk away from his Christian faith. However, the rapper sought out on a journey to reconstruct his faith. Now he says his relationship with Christ is stronger than ever.
He told The Christian Post – “What inspired the tweet was that a few people that I know this year, who’ve been professing Christians for years, have decided they no longer claim Christianity.”
“I just thought to myself, ‘I know that feeling.’ But sometimes we throw the baby out with the bathwater, and I wanted to just encourage people that, ‘I know where you are, what you’re feeling. But sometimes the problem is not with the faith; it’s with the distortions of the faith.’”
The Texas native is gearing up for the “We Are Unashamed” Tour coming nationwide this spring.