Are evangelicals losing confidence in low-church evangelicalism? - with Orlando Saer

About this episode

The episode discusses the trend of younger evangelicals seeking deeper roots in tradition and liturgy, moving away from seeker-friendly approaches.

What’s going on? Is this a reaction against thin, seeker-friendly evangelicalism? Spiritual nostalgia? Across the Western church, some younger Christians seem to be searching for deeper roots: tradition, transcendence, beauty, liturgy, sacraments and a stronger sense of connection with the historic church. Some evangelicals have become Roman Catholic or even Orthodox. Even a church formerly affiliated with the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches (FIEC) in the UK has become Or...

People in this episode

Host: Dominic Steele

Guest: Orlando Saer

Topics covered

• evangelicalism
• church tradition
• spiritual nostalgia
• liturgical practices
• historic church connection

Keywords

• evangelicals
• low-church
• spirituality
• tradition
• liturgy
• sacraments
• historic church

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Orthodox, Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches, Roman Catholic

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