Collin Hansen, Christianity Today editor at large and author of Young, Restless, Reformed: A Journalist’s Journey with the New Calvinists, wrote an article on the new EFCA faith statement called It’s Not Broke, So Fix It. It is a good article to read, particularly in light of the major decisions that were made on the doctrinal matters of open theism, the Atonement, justification, and inerrancy. Here is a portion of the article:
If you want to make sure no one covers your denominational meeting, here’s what you do: Revise your statement of faith before certain issues become disputed in your churches. And yet here I am writing about the Evangelical Free Church of America’s newly revised statement of faith. Why? Because the time to fix your doctrine is when it isn’t broke …
By being intentional about revising the statement of faith before it breaks down, EFCA leaders just might save themselves the trouble of fixing it later.
