Evangelicalism Divided

Subtitle: A Record of Crucial Change in the Years 1950 to 2000

 

About the Title: Why has Christian unity proved to be such a divisive topic? In the 1950s, two
movements—evangelicalism and ecumenism—offered differing paths to unity in the church. But as the decades have passed, the influence of ecumenism has exposed a fault line in evangelicalism. Questions of critical importance have been brought to the surface: Is the gospel broader than evangelicals have historically insisted? Can there be unity with non-evangelicals in evangelism and church leadership? Does the gospel have priority over denominational loyalty?

 

Evangelicalism Divided traces the fascinating saga of the personalities, institutions, and publications involved in this fifty-year period. Iain Murray's account is not simply a black and white narrative. But using the mass of sources now available, he shows how the new policy involved concessions which seriously weakened biblical Christianity. The first and greatest need, he argues, is to answer the most fundamental and divisive question of all: What is a Christian?

Copyright: 2000