(RNS1-OCT19) Os Guinness was one of several prominent evangelical scholars who gathered at a conference at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Massachussetts to discuss a new, less political future for fellow evangelicals. For use with RNS-EVANGEL-FUTURE, transmitted Oct. 19, 2009. Religion News Service photo courtesy of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. | Download/Purchase this photo
(RNS2-OCT19) John Jefferson Davis, a theologian at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, was one of several intellectuals who discussed the future of evangelicalism at the Massachussets seminary last week (Oct. 13-15). For use with RNS-EVANGEL-FUTURE, transmitted Oct. 19, 2009. Religion New Service photo courtesy of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary | Download/Purchase this photo
October 19, 2009
NEWS FEATURE
Soul-searching evangelicals look to nonpolitical future
By G. Jeffrey MacDonald
RNS-EVANGEL-FUTURE
(RNS) Repentant for having spent a generation bowing to the altars of church growth and political power, evangelicals are searching the soul of their movement to find a new way forward. That evangelicals must refocus on shaping authentic disciples of Jesus Christ is a point garnering wide support. But how to do that in a consumerist society where the faithful have little appetite for self-denial is fueling internal debate. By G. Jeffrey MacDonald. About 850. With photos.