Journal: Southern Baptist Journal of Theology
Volume: SBJT 28:2 (Summer 2024)
Article: Interview With P. Andrew Sandlin And Joe Boot On Christian Nationalism
Author: P. Andrew Sandlin

Interview With P. Andrew Sandlin And Joe Boot On Christian Nationalism1

P. Andrew Sandlin

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Joe Boot

P. Andrew Sandlin is Founder and President of the Center for Cultural Leadership. He is also faculty of the H. Evan Runner International Academy for Cultural Leadership of the Ezra Institute for Contemporary Christianity. A consummate eclectic, Andrew has been a pastor, assistant pastor, youth pastor, Sunday school superintendent, Christian day school administrator, home school father, foundation’s executive vice president, journal editor, scholar, author and itinerant speaker. An interdisciplinary scholar, he holds a BA in English, history, and political science (University of the State of New York); he was awarded an MA in English literature (University of South Africa); and he holds a doctorate in Sacred Theology (Edinburg Theological Seminary). He is married and has five adult children and four grandchildren. He is a member of First Baptist Church, Ripon, California.

Joe Boot was the founding senior pastor of Westminster Chapel in Toronto, Ontario, Canada for fourteen years, and he is the founder of the Ezra Institute for Contemporary Christianity. He is the author of multiple books including Ruler of Kings: Toward a Christian Vision of Government (Wilberforce Publications, 2022) and The Mission of God: A Manifesto of Hope for Society, 2nd ed. (Ezra Press, 2024). He and his wife, Jenny, have three children.

David Schrock: Joe, perhaps you can just give us a little bit of a biography. Tell us a little bit about your story and the ministries that you are involved in. Joe Boot: I have lived and worked on both sides of the pond, as we say— the Atlantic. I was nineteen years in Canada. I was the founding pastor of Westminster Chapel in downtown Toronto for fourteen years. And I’m the founder and president of the Ezra Institute, which is a Christian worldview and cultural apologetics think-tank and training organization. And we now have offices in Canada, the US, and in the United Kingdom. And I’ve been

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really engaged in the work of thinking up to culture, developing—standing on the shoulders of giants, I hope—a defense of the Christian philosophy of life for every area. So that really has been my work and ministry. And last year, my family returned to the United Kingdom after almost two decades serving in Canada.

David Schrock: Andrew, same question for you. Just a little background biography and some of the ministries that you’re involved in right now.

P. Andrew Sandlin: I founded and lead the Center for Cultural Leaders...