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Recent days have seen a debate among evangelicals over how the
death of Christ is to be interpreted. When a popular British
evangelical leader appeared to denounce the idea that God was
punishing Christ in our place on the cross as a 'twisted version of
events, ' 'morally dubious, ' and a 'huge barrier to faith' that
should be rejected in favour of preaching only that God is love,
major controversy was stirred. Many thought the idea of penal
substitution was at the heart of the evangelical understanding of
the cross, if not the only legitimate interpretation of the death
of Christ. Yet for some time less popular evangelical theologians
had been calling this traditional interpretation of the atonement
into question. So, is the traditional evangelical view of penal
substitution the biblical explanation of Christ s death or one of
many? Is it the non-negotiable heart of evangelical theology or a
time-bound explanation that has outlived its usefulness? What does
the cross say about the character of God, the nature of the law and
sin, the meaning of grace, and our approach to missions? The public
debate which resulted was often heated. In order to act as
reconcilers, the Evangelical Alliance and the London School of
Theology called for a symposium in which advocates of the different
positions could engage with each other. The symposium, which was
attended by some 200 participants, was held when the July 7th
bombings took place in London and drew together many of Britain s
finest evangelical theologians. This book contains the collection
of papers given at the symposium, supplemented by a few others for
the sake of rounding out the agenda, and grouped in convenient
sections."
Faithful and effective church leadership requires preparation in
prayer, theological reflection and a wide range of pastoral,
prophetic and practical skills in order to ensure that what the
Church discerns as necessary the Church does. Faithful
Improvisation? is both a contribution to a current and sometimes
vigorous debate on how the Church trains its leaders and also a
practical and theological resource for discerning what the Spirit
is saying and then acting upon it in local church contexts. Part
One includes the full text of the Senior Church Leadership report
from the Faith and Order Commission. Part Two offers reflections by
Cally Hammond, Thomas Seville, Charlotte Methuen, Jeremy Morris and
David Hilborn, on practices, models and theologies of leadership in
different periods of church history which informed the FAOC report.
Part Three opens up a broader discussion about present and future
leadership within the Church of England. Mike Higton sketches out a
dialogue between Senior Church Leadership and Lord Green's report,
Talent Management for Future Leaders; Tim Harle offers a personal
reflection from the perspective of the community of leadership
practitioners; and Rachel Treweek concludes with an exploration of
the essentially relational character of leadership.
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