In the final episode of the “What is Evangelicalism” series Angie talks with Brandon Washington, Black pastor, theologian, and author, about how contemporary American evangelicalism has gone far off track from its theological and activistic roots.

Honorable Mention:

• A Burning House: Redeeming American Evangelicalism by Examining Its History, Mission, and Message
• Urban Apologetics: Restoring Black Dignity with the Gospel
• Urban Apologetics: Cults and Cultural Ideologies: Biblical and Theological Challenges Facing Christians
• The Other Evangelicals: A Story of Liberal, Black, Progressive, Feminist, and Gay Christians—and the Movement That Pushed Them Out by Isaac B. Sharp
• The Bebbington Quadrilateral
• The Big C Church Podcast: “A Conversation with an Evangelical Seminary President” (What is Evangelicalism, Part 1)

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Gabriel Pfeiffer shares his experience as a gay evangelical Christian and how his experience in each of those areas individually and collectively has shaped him.

Honorable Mention:

• The Big C Church Podcast: “Loaded Terms”
• The Big C Church Podcast: “A Conversation with an Evangelical Seminary President” (What is Evangelicalism, Part 1)

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Our guest this week is Meredith Hoxie School, Director of Doctoral Studies at the Theological School at Drew University, who shares about her experience with evangelicalism as a progressive feminist.

Honorable Mention:

• The Wesleyan Quadrilateral
• The Other Evangelicals: A Story of Liberal, Black, Progressive, Feminist, and Gay Christians—and the Movement That Pushed Them Out by Isaac B. Sharp
• Drew Theological School at Drew University
• The Big C Church Podcast: “The Female Pastor” (Pastors and Power, Part 4)

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Angie talks with Mark Young, president of Denver Seminary and newly appointed board member of the National Association of Evangelicals, about the movement and culture known as evangelicalism. What is it and who gets to decide?

Honorable Mention:

• The National Association of Evangelicals (NAE)
• The Bebbington Quadrilateral
• The Denver Seminary Engage360 podcast: “Shaping the Next Evangelicalism.” A conversation with NAE President Walter Kim.
• “The Thorny Challenge of Defining Evangelicals.”
• The Big C Church Podcast: “Loaded Terms.”

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Eugene Kim is a longtime pastor and founder of New Wine Collective which is helping people reimagine church. In this episode we talk about the importance of how reframing the “Big C Church” results in reimagined practice of the local church.

Honorable Mention:

• New Wine Collective website
• New Wine Collective on Facebook
• The Big C Church Podcast: Are Senior Pastors Biblical?
• Models of the Church by Avery Dulles

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John Moreland, Director of Urban Initiatives at Denver Seminary, talks about his understanding of church based on his experience growing up in and pastoring within the Black community.

Honorable Mention:

• Denver Seminary Urban Initiative
• The Big C Church Podcast: Loaded Terms
• The Big C Church Podcast: “The Friendships of Pastors”

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This episode is dedicated to John Hwang, Founder and CEO of Public Platform.

Angie talks with Jayne Wilcox, professor and founder of the SHEcclesiology podcast, about her understanding of church and how theology impacts structure and practice.

Honorable Mention:

• Girls Talking Church
• SHEcclesiology podcast
• SHEcclesiology listener community on Facebook
• Models of the Church by Avery Dulles
• Missional Church: A Vision for the Sending of the Church in North America edited by Darrel Guder.

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Rowland Smith, National Director of Forge America, talks with Angie about the essential missional nature of the church and how that affects practice.

Honorable Mention:

• Forge America Missional Network
• The Pando Collective
• Red Skies: 10 Essential Conversations Exploring Our Future as the Church
• Rowland’s website
• Rowland on Instagram
• Denver Seminary Doctor of Ministry program
• The Big C Church Podcast: Loaded Terms
• The Big C Church Podcast: Are Senior Pastors Biblical?

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