Ephrem Arcement looks at seven aspects of Christianity that he sees as necessary for a complete church, and how each aspect can help or hurt the promotion of the faith.
In the Church we are becoming, the Eucharist will no longer be our front door, but rather something that follows connection, evangelization, formation, and initiation.
The church’s unity, holiness, catholicity, and apostolic foundation flow from God’s promises, are brought to reality in Christ's redemptive work, and are enlivened by the Holy Spirit.
Just as individuals are at once sinful yet justified in Christ, so too the church is constantly turning toward the savior, desiring holiness, even in the midst of sin and scandal.
Christopher Wells brings our series on the Nairobi-Cairo Proposal to a close, calling for opportunities of encounter by which strangers can again become friends.
The Nairobi-Cairo Proposals have a specific purpose, but Ephraim Radner discerns that they are built on a sweeping vision of the church that has beauty and persuasiveness.
Perhaps the the Anglican tradition, as a vessel for conveying the gospel, should be valued not for its coherence but for its capacity to bear God’s transformative grace.