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Jake MeadorChurchEvangelicalism

What Makes a "New Mainline"?: A Reformation Day Reflection

A new mainline will not be able to be made from the existing mainline or Rome or 'evangelicalism'; it will only come about through new partnerships.

Kevin BrownChurchFormation

The Call to John 17 Unity

The call to Christian unity given to us by Christ in John 17 is not conditional upon our circumstances or political context.

Jake MeadorChurch

The Mainline We Need

We don't need a recapitulation of the 1950s Mainline of America's third republic, but a different sort of mainline that can thrive in her fourth republic.

Jake MeadorChurch

Mega Churches and Reformed Catholicity

The loss of the Baby Boomers and mass dechurching will give megachurches an even larger role in the American church. What should they do with that power?

John EgerChurchEvangelicalism

When Growth Eats Itself

Too many evangelical churches have prioritized 'growth' over all other concerns, often even without a clear definition of what 'growth' actually is.

Joshua HeavinTheologyChurch

The Thirty-Nine Articles in the Life of the Anglican Church

Oliver O'Donovan's reflections on the Thirty-Nine Articles make clear that the Articles still endure even today as a valuable historic confession.

Jake MeadorChurchEvangelicalismBook Reviews

What Integrity Can't Do

Though there is never a time when personal integrity is irrelevant, there are limits to what integrity alone can do.

Jake MeadorChurch

The Slow Exit

Corruption and abuse have driven many Americans away from church. But these are not the only things driving dechurching or even the most common things.

Cameron ShafferBibleTheologyChurch

Renewing Public Protestantism: Seminaries

The church is in decline because it has pastors who may know techniques, but do not know God’s revelation. And now neither does the church.

Mark McDowellChurchHistory/Church History

What the Reformation Teaches About How to Address Ecclesial Abuses

The Reformation was not purely a movement of theological reform, but was also a movement of moral reform combatting ecclesial abuses.

Jake MeadorFamilyChurchMarriageSexuality

Inane Evangelical Gender Debates, Briefly Summarized

On why we never ask deeper questions and instead mostly yell at heavily bearded conservative men on Twitter for making creepy comments about yoga pants

T. M. SuffieldCultureChurch

It's Time to Build Counter-Institutions

A time of social breakdown and decay is a fraught time in which to build new institutions—and yet that is precisely the work such a moment calls for.