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PC(USA)’s ‘TikTok Pastor’ engages 287,400 followers in a ‘safe, translatable’ way, says Denver’s lead presbyter

Posted November 10th, 2023

During the pandemic, the Rev. Bethany Peerbolte was making phone calls to members of the youth group she led as a way of checking in while remaining socially distant. The youth started using terms like “lukewarm Christian,” which struck Peerbolte as “not very Presbyterian,” so she started searching online for their source.