Evangelical Reunion: Denominations and the One Body of Christ

by John M. Frame

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801035600
• ISBN13: 9780801035609
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Baker Publishing Group (MI)
• Length: 185 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Reformed Ecumenism

This book changed my mind. The best I have ever read on ecumenism from a conservative Reformed perspective. Dr. Frame is a Yale graduate, seminary professor, and PCA pastor. He argues that schism is dangerous stuff, always tragic, and not to be entered into lightly. So, he says, the PCA's leaving the PCUS in 1973 may have been justified, but their not joining up with an existing body like the ARP or OPC at the time was a sin. They made some amends by merging with the RPCES, which itself was a merger of two other bodies. Organic union is not the sole test of catholicity, but it is one important goal. You have to wonder about the PCA and ARP's indifference to even beginning talks of merger.

Evangelical Reunion: Denominations and the Body of Christ

Irenic is the term to describe the tone of this study of what can be the subject of the most strident of conversations among believers. In this book, Pastor Frame manages to examine the history of sectarianism within the Church and offers some jewels of wisdom for the reader. Beginning with the first division in the early Church and continuing to now, this book is a study in the processes that led to the present, fragmented Church. Frame challenges every Christian to distinguish between loyalty to Christ and denomination. Offering clear insights, this book is a "must read" for every evangelical.