The Spiritual Practice of Remembering that Christians Across the World and Across the Ages Confess that We Believe in One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church

Abstract

In this theological essay, the author draws on his experience of a wider, inclusive expression of the “one holy catholic and apostolic church.” He argues that there is much to be learned about being the church—local, national, and global—in which both mainline and evangelical churches reflect diversity of race, ethnicity, skin color, culture, class, gender….  In the face of that diversity, there is the common, fundamental confession of faith in the one Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.