WORD AND SPIRIT
The vital partnership in Christian leadership
By Will Donaldson. CPAS/BRF. 184 pages. £8.99
ISBN 978 1 841 018 256
For a brief book, this is a volume with lofty aims: a ‘desire to see unity in the evangelical movement…’, to allow ‘Word and Spirit to address the challenges and opportunities of postmodernism’ and for theological colleges to ‘weld together Word and Spirit in the minds and hearts of future church leaders’ (p.25). As such, it must be measured on how well it meets those aims.
Will Donaldson is an Anglican theological college staff member who has experienced many of the different evangelical ‘tribes’ when it comes to issues of Word and Spirit. He is both Wimber and Stott, Lucas and New Wine. That could make him confused about Word and Spirit, but, to his credit, he explains clearly what he thinks.
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