Rump Protestants form new alliance to promote renewal: Mainline denominations represented.(Nation)

From: The Washington Times | Date: November 30, 1996| Author: Witham, Larry | Copyright information

After years of meeting quietly, several evangelical caucus leaders in mainline Protestant denominations have forged a new alliance to strengthen their voice for reform.

The Association for Church Renewal (ACR), which claims backing from 750,000 churchgoers, vows not to form an alternative denomination but rather to promote change from the grass roots upward.

However, church historians say it's been done before, noting that reform movements always produce vit...

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