Within American evangelicalism there is a strong and healthy move to gospel centered churches. This is especially true among younger and more mission focused churches. While most would agree that the gospel needs to be central to church life and mission there is a difference in defining the gospel among many.

Within the conservative evangelical camp there are two strong sides. There are those who define the gospel narrowly as the good news of Jesus Christ’s death, burial, resurrection and the forgiveness of sins. Then, there are those who see the gospel in a broader since as the larger redemption story of God in all creation. The second camp certainly affirms the first but sees the central theme of the “good news” being God’s over arching restoration plan. They would also stress the need for humans to be “agents” of redemption.

We strongly land in understanding the gospel in the broader and fuller since. We’ll be writing about this more in the future but for now here’s a great article by Scot McKnight titled 8 Signs of a Robust Gospel. (click here to read article)