{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6a067d43382d6c4030eaad5c/6a7a859ccfc0396cc1cb9c35?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"In it to win it—or quit now? with Andrew Atherstone","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6a067d43382d6c4030eaad5c/1786415837679-c1fd0eb0-246f-4cad-83c6-5c804e853693.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>For evangelical Christians in the Church of England, the question of whether to stay, resist, or leave is a live crisis.</p><p>If you’re deciding whether to head into C of E ministry or carve out a path in independence, or if you’re a pastor navigating a \"mixed denomination,\" how do you maintain gospel integrity when institutional leadership turns away from historic orthodoxy?</p><p>Church historian <strong>Dr. Andrew Atherstone</strong> (Wycliffe Hall, Oxford) to look back at six decades of evangelical oral history—and what it teaches us about our current crossroads.</p><p>We cover:</p><ul><li><strong>The 1960s Crisis:</strong> Why ministers like Herbert Carson, Eric Lane, and Moshe Radcliff reached the breaking point and the intense personal cost of separation.</li><li><strong>Lloyd-Jones vs. Stott (1966) &amp; Keele (1967):</strong> The iconic confrontation that defined the \"in it to win it\" strategy for a generation.</li><li><strong>The David Jenkins Stress Test:</strong> How a controversial bishop radicalized evangelicals to plant across parish lines and rethink financial support.</li><li><br></li></ul><p>Dr Atherstone has been presenting on this at Sydney’s Moore College Lectures.</p>","author_name":"Dominic Steele"}