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- As opposed to the lightly churched, mostly white social group/voting bloc that recently emerged in American politics, confessional evangelicalism is a multiethnic global movement that has its roots in the historic confessions of the Protestant Reformation.
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Nov 29, 2011 · Evangelicalism is a movement of confessional believers who are determined by God’s grace to conserve this faith in the face of its reduction or corruption, even as they gladly take this gospel to the ends of the earth in order to see the nations exult in the name of Jesus Christ.
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Feb 10, 2012 · Confessional evangelicalism still places a value on denominations. Because we are evangelical, we will always seek commonality with other evangelicals, but our individual denomination will ...
- Fundamentalism
- Confessional Evangelicalism
- Generic Evangelicalism
- Postconservative Evangelicalism
- Where Do We Go from Here?
The Spectrum of Evangelicalism begins with Kevin Bauder, who has written an impressive chapter, defying many stereotypes of fundamentalism. Bauder claims, perhaps to the surprise of many, that unity and fellowship, not purity, is most important to fundamentalists. And this unity comes with belief in the gospel, which separates the orthodox from the...
Much like Bauder, R. Albert Mohler argues that an evangelical “is recognized by a passion for the gospel of Jesus Christ, by a deep commitment to biblical truth, by a sense of urgency to see lost persons hear the gospel, and by a commitment to personal holiness and the local church.” But to be an “evangelical” must mean much more. To be an evangeli...
In contrast to both Bauder and Mohler, John Stackhouse makes his case for a “Generic Evangelicalism.” Stackhouse is in virtual agreement with Bebbington’s four criteria, though he adds two more: evangelicals are (1) transdenominational and (2) have an emphasis not only on orthodoxy but orthopraxy. The real question, however, is just howorthodox and...
The most troubling view in the book is Roger Olson’s. I fear that if evangelicalism takes a turn down the road of postconservative theology it shall lose its evangelical identity altogether as it drifts towards liberalism. Mohler argues for a “centered-bounded” set, seeking not only to preserve evangelicalism’s core emphasis on the gospel but also ...
What are we to conclude from such a wide spectrum of evangelical representatives? First, it needs to be stated outright that Olson’s postconservativism is dangerous. As Mohler observes, postconservativism resembles “nothing as closely as the Protestant liberalism against which the early evangelicals defined evangelical identity.” There is a dangero...
Apr 9, 2012 · R. Albert Mohler, Jr., a prolific author and president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, represents confessional evangelicalism, or, I would suggest, conservative evangelicalism in its best form. Mohler adopts a centre-bounded set approach to understanding evangelicalism.
The Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals is a coalition of believers who hold the historic creeds and confessions of the Reformed faith and proclaim biblical doctrine in order to foster a Reformed awakening in today's Church. The Alliance’s history stretches back 75 years.
The four contributors and their respective positions include Kevin Bauder (fundamentalism), R. Albert Mohler Jr. (confessional evangelicalism), John G. Stackhouse (generic evangelicalism), and Roger E. Olson (postconservative evangelicalism).
The Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals is a coalition of pastors, scholars, and churchmen who hold the historic creeds and confessions of the Reformed faith and who proclaim biblical doctrine in order to foster a Reformed awakening in today's Church.
