Alex and Macon are left to their own devices again so they work through and critique a recent CT article on Evangelical “fractures.” Spoiler: Macon might not be buying it.
Show Notes:
They would have gotten away with it, too, if it hadn’t been for those meddling kids.
Four Years Ago: The Six Way Fracturing of Evangelicalism
The Six, summarized by CT:
0 – Right-Leaning Exvangelicals have left the church but identify as Christian or promote the merit of Christianity for the preservation of conservative cultural values and institutions.
1 – Neo-Fundamentalists focus on biblical fidelity and conservative values. This group is deeply concerned about liberalism and growing cultural hostility toward Christianity.
2 – Mainstream Evangelicals prioritize the Great Commission, so while they are concerned by extreme fundamentalism, they are more worried about the secular left’s influence.
3 – Neo-Evangelicals emphasize the global nature of the movement and the need to engage with the culture. This group critiques conservative political allegiances and failures on social issues while addressing liberal Christianity’s theological compromises.
4 – Post-Evangelicals center on justice and accountability. They challenge hypocrisy and abuses in the church while distancing themselves from evangelical identity, though they hold to core doctrinal beliefs.
5 – Left-Leaning Exvangelicals have dechurched due to disenfranchisement with evangelicalism’s failures but retain some orthodox Christian beliefs.
6 – Dechurched have left both the church and Christian faith entirely, abandoning all vestiges of belief.
The Christianity Today article: A Splintered Generation: Evangelicalism’s fracturing is chronic, but not terminal. Here’s how we can move forward.
It’s all ball bearings nowadays!
The Lausanne Movement’s Cape Town Commitment
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