3:13; Matt. God is raising up from the younger churches a great new resource for world evangelization, and is thus demonstrating that the responsibility to evangelize belongs to the whole body of Christ. Thus a growing partnership of churches will develop and the universal character of Christ’s Church will be more clearly exhibited. 40:28; Matt. Common features are appreciated and differences are not hidden nor squeezed. This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. We are deeply stirred by what God is doing in our day, moved to penitence by our failures and challenged by the unfinished task of evangelization. In issuing the gospel invitation we have no liberty to conceal the cost of discipleship. Granting the decisive importance of sola fide in historic Protestantism and noting the “noisy silence” in ECT over it, Reformed theologian R.C. Conviction of sin, faith in Christ, new birth and Christian growth are all his work. At the same time we refuse to be intimidated by their fate. The same could be argued as far as the Roman Catholic faith is concerned. Here is a summary by J. Packer: “Salvation is a picture-word of wide application that expresses the idea of rescue from jeopardy and misery into a state of safety. The choice of such a triangular topic was the result of a compromise. 1:6-8). Among these “necessarily interrelated questions” there are “the meaning of baptismal regeneration, the Eucharist and sacramental grace, the historic uses of the language of justification as it relates to imputed and transformative righteousness” and “the normative status of justification in relation to all Christian doctrine”. (Isa. 3:3,5; Matt.

), The Emergence of Evangelicalism. [7] John Stott, Christ the Controversialist, cit., p. 33. [17] This is not to suggest, however, that Evangelicals are prone to look for a single pattern and timing of conversion. An Introduction (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1988) ch.

[35] Sponsored and led by the same authors as ECT, namely Charles Colson and Richard Neuhaus, GOS can be thought of as being an elucidation of the “We Affirm Together” of the previous document. A Contemporary Evangelical Perspective (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 1987).

(1 Timothy 1:1-4; Acts 4:19; 5:29; Colossians 3:24; Hebrews 13:1-3; Luke 4:18; Galatians 5:11; 6:12; Matthew 5:10-12; John 15:18-21). Classical Trinitarian theology and Christology are maintained in so far as they explain the soteriological scheme of Scripture. We promise to pray and work for their freedom. Mass Times/Locations. The message of salvation implies also a message of judgment upon every form of alienation, oppression and discrimination, and we should not be afraid to denounce evil and injustice wherever they exist. 1 (Minneapolis, MN: World Wide Publ., 1967). The cross, not the Eucharist, has center-stage in the Evangelical horizon. Such training programmes should not rely on any stereotyped methodology but should be developed by creative local initiatives according to biblical standards. Paul calls them justification, sanctification and glorification”.[6]. 4:3,4; Eph. The bibliography of this paper will focus on resources in English.

Meanwhile, we re-dedicate ourselves to the service of Christ and of people in joyful submission to his authority over the whole of our lives. Our Christian presence in the world is indispensable to evangelism, and so is that kind of dialogue whose purpose is to listen sensitively in order to understand. But a church which preaches the cross must itself be marked by the cross. [4] Carl Henry, “Who are the Evangelicals” in K.S.

Evangelism also summons us to unity, because our oneness strengthens our witness, just as our disunity undermines our gospel of reconciliation. Here is the structure of the book: The Great Quest; The Indestructible Bible; What is God Like? 111-112. The Evangelical Consensus, cit., p. 160. We affirm the divine inspiration, truthfulness and authority of both Old and New Testament Scriptures in their entirety as the only written word of God, without error in all that it affirms, and the only infallible rule of faith and practice. In view of such a statement, it should not be a surprise to read that, according to the signatories “for the first time in 450 years Evangelical Protestants and Roman Catholics have publicly agreed to a common understanding of salvation”. 3:16; II Pet. III.1 The Evangelical Roman Catholic Dialogue on Mission (1977-1984). Being justified by faith we have peace with God and no longer face condemnation. 1:16, Matt.

Missions have all too frequently exported with the gospel an alien culture and churches have sometimes been in bondage to culture rather than to Scripture. Jesus’ injunction to Nicodemus “You must be born again” (John 3:7) becomes paramount for each and every man. Worldwide evangelization will become a realistic possibility only when the Spirit renews the Church in truth and wisdom, faith, holiness, love and power. Sproul defined it “the missing doctrine” of the statement. World evangelization requires the whole Church to take the whole gospel to the whole world. If you disable this cookie, we will not be able to save your preferences. The cry of the prophet Jonah in the big fish is an affirmation that expresses the biblical Gospel in a nutshell (Jonah 2:9).

49-59. Building on past experiences of dialogue between Evangelicals and Roman Catholics and given the fact that this dialogue will continue, it is important to learn the art of dialogue in a theologically informed, historically conscious, and pastorally alert way. We recognize that everyone has some knowledge of God through his general revelation in nature. Kantzer – C.F.H. 45:7; Gen. 1:26,27; Jas. To evangelize is to spread the good news that Jesus Christ died for our sins and was raised from the dead according to the Scriptures, and that as the reigning Lord he now offers the forgiveness of sins and the liberating gifts of the Spirit to all who repent and believe. We also express our deep concern for all who have been unjustly imprisoned, and especially for those who are suffering for their testimony to the Lord Jesus. The Church is contemplated as the “covenant people”, “God’s family”, and “the place of God’s dwelling”, so to convey the message of salvation as not an overtly individualistic bent, but as an ecclesiological thrust. 2:20). 1:21; Rom.