One Man Questioned Evangelical Values, and Mailed it to 5,000 Neighbors

April 9, 2026 - Everett, WA

Nick holding a copy of his mailed flyer

Nick has been an Evangelical Christian his entire life. He has also spent most of that life in Washington State, quietly serving his community in ways that most people never see: tutoring inmates in math, cleaning the homes of elderly residents, opening his own front door to people who have nowhere else to go.

None of that is why his neighbors are talking about him now.

Earlier this year, Nick paid over $1,300 out of his own pocket to send a flyer to 5,000 Everett mailboxes. The message was simple and blunt: he believes you cannot genuinely follow the teachings of Jesus Christ and simultaneously support the current direction of American Christian nationalism. "Pick a side, guys."

"We don't have the same goals here."

For years, Nick had been watching his own Evangelical community drift away from servanthood and toward the pursuit of power, platforms, and public humiliation of opponents. He watched fellow Christians celebrate figures whose defining work was arguing, belittling, and beating people down rhetorically. He watched the logic of vengeance displace the logic of grace.

Then came the reaction to the murder of Charlie Kirk, and he came to a stark realization. "We don't have the same goals here," he said. Believers who share his faith, he realized, want fundamentally different outcomes. Some who call themselves Christians genuinely want to emulate that kind of life - the public combat, the contempt for enemies - and Nick argues that approach drives people away from faith rather than drawing them toward it.

The flyer was his way of drawing a line. He is not interested in a Christianity that functions as a vehicle for political force - banning homosexuality, punishing abortion, expelling immigrants, mandating Bible instruction in public schools, or condemning the poor. He sees all of that as contrary to what Christ actually taught. Real faith, to Nick, looks more like what he has been doing quietly for a decade: meeting people where they are, with nothing attached, no leverage, no conditions. Restoring someone's dignity and worth is the reward itself.

For Christians who feel increasingly alone in their own churches - even ashamed of their fellow Christians, Nick's message is an open invitation to reach out via email. Not to lecture or to recruit. Just to have an honest conversation with a neighbor.

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