Comments on: Low-church Evangelicalism: Protestant? http://pursiful.com/2009/09/low-church-evangelicalism-protestant/ Darrell Pursiful's blog Mon, 14 May 2012 13:24:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Darrell Pursiful http://pursiful.com/2009/09/low-church-evangelicalism-protestant/comment-page-1/#comment-1519 Darrell Pursiful Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:34:08 +0000 http://pursiful.com/?p=2181#comment-1519 "Mixed" is a very apt description, John. Some churches *try* to be liturgical (really just reclaiming an earlier, more "ordered" form of Baptist worship for the most part), with varying results, follow the church calendar, etc., but don't want anything to do with the creeds. Others embrace the creeds as faithful summaries of scriptural teaching (though I've never heard them recited in ANY Baptist church) but don't want anything to do with liturgy. Many Baptists across the theological spectrum seem to be waking up to the importance of church history--but only going back to the Reformation. Forget about much interest in the patristic or medieval eras. Dan Williams at Baylor is a welcome exception on this point. My own adult Sunday school class is looking at doing a session or two on Orthodox spirituality, but I'm sure that will raise eyebrows in other corners of my church. :-) “Mixed” is a very apt description, John. Some churches *try* to be liturgical (really just reclaiming an earlier, more “ordered” form of Baptist worship for the most part), with varying results, follow the church calendar, etc., but don’t want anything to do with the creeds. Others embrace the creeds as faithful summaries of scriptural teaching (though I’ve never heard them recited in ANY Baptist church) but don’t want anything to do with liturgy. Many Baptists across the theological spectrum seem to be waking up to the importance of church history–but only going back to the Reformation. Forget about much interest in the patristic or medieval eras. Dan Williams at Baylor is a welcome exception on this point. My own adult Sunday school class is looking at doing a session or two on Orthodox spirituality, but I’m sure that will raise eyebrows in other corners of my church. :-)

]]> By: John Hobbins http://pursiful.com/2009/09/low-church-evangelicalism-protestant/comment-page-1/#comment-1518 John Hobbins Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:33:20 +0000 http://pursiful.com/?p=2181#comment-1518 Darrell, Thanks for bring this to my attention. BTW, how is a recovery of these very things working out in the Baptist branch of the Christian family? I hearing very mixed signals. Darrell,

Thanks for bring this to my attention. BTW, how is a recovery of these very things working out in the Baptist branch of the Christian family? I hearing very mixed signals.

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