WHAT IS NEW EVANGELICALISM?
– Pastor Bruce Oyen gives various answers to this question in a feature article in the 3/98 Ohio Bible Fellowship Visitor. “New Evangelicalism is a theology which confesses orthodox Christian doctrine, but which allows ecclesiastical ties with those who do not.” Oyen said he gave examples of new evangelicalism “to make us aware of the fact that it is far more common than we think [because] new evangelicalism, according to the father of the term, Harold J. Ockenga, is a theology which professes to hold to orthodox Christianity, but which has repudiated separation from those who profess unorthodox theologies, such as Roman Catholicism, modernism and neo-orthodoxy.” Reprints of this 4-page leaflet are available at: OBF, 3865 N. High St., Columbus, OH 43214, 10/$3.50. NewsNotes – The Roman Catholic Church has a long and brutal history of persecuting those who don’t firmly believe in its doctrines (4/13 USN & WR letter). *** Denver Archbishop Charles Chaput has endorsed Roman Catholic parti
