A new Pope has arrived, and the Church of England will soon get its new Archbishop. Meanwhile, evangelicals will find themselves stuck between two worlds.
It’s not easy to define what it is, and it looks set to get more complex.
The moral issues are not its own necessarily. The troubles Churches find themselves in come of their own making. To wit, evangelical churches are used to having criticisms – and dealing with it.
It doesn’t make for its future, anymore than it should be anyone’s expectation of it.
The lack of direction is due to its lack of authority. It doesn’t seek leadership of the kind historic churches do. Albeit society tries to do so, it’s not subject to a village and its ideas on maturation.
