Southern Baptists, Evangelicals, and the Future of Denominationalism
Are church denominations necessary; do they even have a future? Such questions are explored in Southern Baptists, Evangelicals, and the Future of Denominationalism, based on a conference of the same name held at Union University where Evangelical and Southern Baptist scholars addressed challenging issues of theology, polity, and practice. Contributors include:
Ed Stetzer ("Denominationalism: Is There a Future?")
James Patterson ("Reflections on 400 Years of the Baptist Movement")
Harry L. Poe ("The Gospel and Its Meaning")
Timothy George ("Baptists and Their Relations with Other Christians")
Duane Liftin ("The Future of American Evangelicalism")
Ray Van Neste ("Pastoral Ministry in Southern Baptist and Evangelical Life")
Mark DeVine ("Emergent or Emerging")
Daniel Akin ("The Future of the Southern Baptist Convention")
Michael Lindsay ("The Changing Religious Landscape in North America")
Jerry Tidwell ("Missions and Evangelism")
David S. Dockery ("So Many Denominations")
Nathan Finn ("Passing on the Faith to the Next Generation")
R. Albert Mohler Jr. (title essay)
Top Highlights
“As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit—just as you are called to one hope when you were called—one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.” (source)
“On the Christianity Today website in the middle of 2009 was a story that claimed that in 1990 there were about 200,000 people in the United States who classified themselves as "nondenominational." By 2009 that number exceeded 8 million.” (source)
“The problem for many is not so much doubt, but loss of memory. The history of Christianity is best understood as a chain of memory, and we need to reconnect some aspects of that chain.” (source)
“Denominational identity and religious identity are seemingly on the decline in this country.” (source)
“as background for our reflections in this chapter.” (source)
Product Details
- Title : Southern Baptists, Evangelicals, and the Future of Denominationalism
- Authors:
- Dockery, David S.
- Van Neste, Ray
- Tidwell, Jerry
- Publisher: B&H Academic
- Publication Date: 2011
- ISBN: 9781433673429