Table of Contents
List of Contributors ix
Preface xv
Denominationalism: Historical Trends, Future Challenges
1 So Many Denominations: The Rise, Decline, and Future of Denominationalism David S. Dockery 3
2 Denominationalism: Is There a Future? Ed Stetzer 35
3 Denominationalism and the Changing Religious Landscape D. Michael Lindsay 61
4 The Faith, My Faith, and the Church's Faith Timothy George 81
Evangelicals and Southern Baptists: Identity, Beliefs, and Ministry
5 The Future of Evangelicalism (and Southern Baptists) Duane Litfin 97
6 The Care for Souls: Reconsidering Pastoral Ministry in Southern Baptist and Evangelical Contexts Ray Van Neste 113
7 Awakenings and Their Impact on Baptists and Evangelicals: Sorting Out the Myths in the History of Missions and Evangelism Jerry N. Tidwell 135
8 Recovering the Gospel for the Twenty-first Century Harry L. Poe 147
9 Emergent or Emerging? Questions for Southern Baptists and American Evangelicals Mark DeVine 171
Southern Baptists: Understanding the Past in Order to Explore the Future
10 Reflections on 400 Years of the Baptist Movement: Who We Are, What We Believe James A. Patterson 191
11 Southern Baptists and Evangelicals: Passing on the Faith to the Next Generation Nathan A. Finn 231
12 The Future of the Southern Baptist Convention Daniel Akin 261
13 Southern Baptists, Evangelicals, and the Future of Denominationalism R. Albert Mohler Jr. 279
Name/Subject Index 293
Scripture Index 299
