» News: Gospel Coalition Website Launches

The companion website for the Gospel Coalition's recent national meeting is now online. The site contains a confessional statement as well as a theological vision for ministry that contains support for a realist epistemology. The theological vision statement sketches a vision for conducting the ministry of the church that the author's see to be rarely practiced. The goal of the vision is a gospel "balance" about which the authors write:

"We believe such a balance will produce churches with winsome and theologically substantial preaching, dynamic evangelism and apologetics, and church growth and church planting. They will emphasize repentance, personal renewal, and holiness of life. At the same time, and in the same congregations, there will be engagement with the social structures of ordinary people, and cultural engagement with art, business, scholarship, and government. There will be calls for radical Christian community in which all members share wealth and resources and make room for the poor and the marginalized. These priorities will all be combined and will mutually strengthen one another in each local church."

In addition to documentation, the website hosts audio and video of the plenary session speakers, and will eventually host media from the workshop sessions.