{"id":247,"date":"2009-07-27T14:30:09","date_gmt":"2009-07-27T18:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/evangelicalgateway.wordpress.com\/?p=247"},"modified":"2009-07-27T14:30:09","modified_gmt":"2009-07-27T18:30:09","slug":"a-new-series-on-why-evangelical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/philosophicalfragments\/2009\/07\/27\/a-new-series-on-why-evangelical\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Series on &quot;Why Evangelical?&quot;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Please visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/evangelical.patheos.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\">Evangelical Portal<\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\">Patheos<\/a>.\u00a0 It is the wellspring for many of our reflections here, and offers many resources too that never make it over to the blog.<\/p>\n<p>One of the items drawing a lot of traffic right now is the first in our new series on \u201cWhy Are You an Evangelical?\u201d\u00a0 In this series we are going to interview a number of people, from pastors and professors to laity and young folks, on why they identify with the evangelical way of following after Christ.\u00a0 They can also reflect, through the second question (\u201cWhere would you like to see evangelicalism 10 or 20 years from now?\u201d) on what frustrates them about evangelicalism in its current form and how they would like to see it grow.<\/p>\n<p>Jeff Barneson in many ways is the perfect person to begin the series.\u00a0 You can see his interview, with some extra information, on Patheos <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/Resources\/Additional-Resources\/Why-Are-You-an-Evangelical.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\">here<\/a>.\u00a0 Or you can watch it below.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YEV?#1: Jeff Barneson\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n1wudmr6xPY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>Jeff had guided several generations of evangelical students through Harvard, as he has been active with InterVarsity\u2019s Graduate and Faculty Ministry there for nearly 25 years.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please visit the Evangelical Portal at Patheos.\u00a0 It is the wellspring for many of our reflections here, and offers many resources too that never make it over to the blog. 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