Conservative Evangelicalism

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Conservative Evangelicalism is a range of theological positions found within Protestant evangelical Christianity. Whilst it has a number of similarities with Fundamentalist Christianity, conservative evangelicals typically reject that label and are keen to maintain their distinct identity, which is strongly Reformed.

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[edit] Distinctives

[edit] Comparison to Fundamentalism

Compared to Fundamentalist Christianity:

  • Fundamentalists are strongly separatist whereas some conservative evangelicals are found in mixed denominations
  • Fundamentalists are generally far more socially conservative than conservative evangelicals
  • Fundamentalists may hold Calvinist or Arminian soteriology whereas conservative evangelicals are generally Calvinist[citation needed]
  • Fundamentalists are generally creationist whereas conservative evangelicals accept a range of views on creation including theistic evolution
  • Fundamentalists tend to reject most historic church practices whereas conservative evangelicals often place strong emphasis on the traditions resulting from the Reformation

[edit] History

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A key event in the development of British conservative evangelicalism was the 1966 National Assembly of Evangelicals, a convention organised by the Evangelical Alliance. Martyn Lloyd-Jones made an unexpected call for evangelicals to unite together as evangelicals and no longer within their 'mixed' denominations. This view was motivated by a belief that true Christian fellowship requires evangelical views on central topics such as the atonement and the inspiration of Scripture. The meeting was chaired by Anglican evangelical John Stott. Lloyd Jones and Stott were the two leading figures within the conservative evangelical movement at that time, Lloyd Jones being a key figure to many in the Free Churches and Stott likewise amongst evangelical Anglicans. The two leaders clashed spectacularly as Stott, though not down as a speaker that night, used his role to publicly disparage Lloyd-Jones, saying that his opinion went against history and the Bible.

The following year saw the first National Evangelical Anglican Congress, which was held at Keele University. At this conference, largely due to Stott's influence, evangelical Anglicans committed themselves to full participation in the Church of England, rejecting the separationist approach proposed by Lloyd-Jones.[1]

These two conferences effectively fixed the direction of a large part of the British evangelical community. Although there is an ongoing debate as to the exact nature of Lloyd-Jones's views, they undoubtedly caused the two groupings to adopt diametrically opposed positions. These positions, and the resulting split, continue largely unchanged to this day.[2]

[edit] Denominations

  • Some Anglican churches are conservative evangelical
  • Some Baptist churches are conservative evangelical; often they are independent or part of smaller denominations as they see the main Baptist associations as being compromised
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[edit] Organisations

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[edit] Publications and publishing houses

[edit] Theological Colleges

[edit] Notable Churches

[edit] Leaders

  • John Benton - editor of Evangelicals Now and a minister
  • John Blanchard
  • Richard Coekin - minister of Dundonald Church
  • Liam Goligher - minister of Duke Street Baptist Church
  • Philip Hacking - former vicar of Christ Church, Fulwood, and chair of the Keswick Convention
  • David Holloway - vicar of Jesmond Parish Church
  • Martyn Lloyd-Jones
  • Dick Lucas
  • Peter Masters - minister of the Metropolitan Tabernacle
  • Stuart Olyott
  • J. I. Packer
  • Vaughan Roberts - rector of St Ebbe's church, Oxford
  • Jonathan Stephen
  • Geoff Thomas - minister of Alfred Place Baptist Church
  • Rico Tice

[edit] Conferences

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Cook, Paul. "Evangelicalism in the UK", Evangelical Times, 2007-02. Retrieved on 2007-08-30. 
  2. ^ Gibson, Alan. "Thirty Years Of Hurt?", Evangelicals Now, 1996-10. Retrieved on 2007-08-30. 

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