The Center for the Study of World Christian Revitalization Movements

           This issue of Revitalization highlights a current initiative to breathe new life into evangelical Christianity, particularly its U.S. versions, by reminding the movement of its roots. The Call to an Ancient Evangelical Future grows out of efforts by noted author Robert Webber at Northern Seminary, Lombard, Illinois, to build consensus around “ancient” biblical and theological affirmations that cut across contemporary ideas and values that have compromised American evangelicalism. Yet in mining the church’s early tradition, the call indirectly affirms some aspects of postmodernity, particularly the emphasis on narrative and, to some degree, cultural diversity.     This is both a…