A progressive Christian author, Rachel Held Evans, whose writing challenged traditional evangelical views on politics, has died.
- Rachel Held Evans died at the age of 37.
- Rachel died on 4th May, Saturday.
- In mid-April, Rachel revealed that she was hospitalized for the flu and UTI.
- Rachel’s husband Daniel Evans continued sharing updates regarding her health.
American Christian columnist, blogger, and author Rachel Held Evans, who was the role of women and LGBTQ members of the church, has died at the age of 37 on Saturday, 4th May.
Rachel, in her tweet in mid-April, revealed that she was hospitalized for a flu + UTI combo. She also explained that she had a severe allergic reaction to the antibiotics that the doctors gave her.
If you’re the praying type - I’m in the hospital with a flu + UTI combo and a severe allergic reaction to the antibiotics they gave me. (I’m totally going to miss GOT! )
— Rachel Held Evans (@rachelheldevans) April 14, 2019
As per the updates posted online by her husband, Daniel Evans, Rachel was placed in medically induced coma after her brain started suffering constant seizures.
On Saturday, Daniel wrote that Rachel had experienced extensive blood swelling after she was weaned out of the coma. He continued writing: I keep hoping it's a nightmare from which I'll awake. I feel like I'm telling someone else's story.
Daniel thanked each and everyone who had prayed, donated money, and offered the family support. He then wrote:
Rachel's presence in this world was a gift to us all, and her work will long survive her.
She ama s sed a loyal following for over more than a decade for reflecting on faith issues.
Rachel, who was born in 1981 in Alabama, worked as a journalist and humor columnist after graduating from Bryan College in 2003.
