Evangelicals lead churches, plant churches, fill churches, and even split churches. But they have not distinguished themselves in theological reflection on the church. This book tackles what the character of evangelicalism as a loose coalition of Christians says about the movement’s attitude toward the church. Are certain ecclesiologies more in keeping with the evangelical ethos than others? What is the parachurch’s role in shaping evangelical church structure?

Contributors from several disciplines and denominations, including Howard Snyder, George Hunsberger, and Roger Olson, examine the state of the evangelical church in Evangelical Ecclesiology. This volume brings together fresh reflections–and provocations–on the subject of the church.

Like most things ‘evangelical,’ evangelical ecclesiology is up for grabs today. Even evangelical theologians, in their attempts to discern what the church is called to be, find themselves looking in a plethora of directions for constructive models, from the free church tradition to Eastern Orthodoxy and the Celtic church. The essays in Evangelical Ecclesiology display not only the tensions within contemporary evangelical thought about the variety of ways in which evangelical thinkers seek to assist the people of God in the task of being the church in the contemporary world but also the vitality of the current discussion.-Stanley J. Grenz, Pioneer McDonald Professor of Theology, Carey Theological College