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Edited by Andrew Walker and Luke Bretherton Foreword by The Rt Revd and Rt Hon Richard Chartres, Bishop of London Edited by Andrew Walker and Luke Bretherton FTEFlTTfWUH Welcome to “Deep Church” Many are exasperated with what they perceive as the fad-driven, one-dimensional spirituality of modern evangelicalism. Instead they desire to reconnect with, and be deeply rooted in, the common historical Christian tradition as well as their evangelical heritage: Welcome to what C,S. Lewis called “Deep Church”. Deep Church is far more than an ecumenical dream of coming together across the barriers of ignorance and prejudice: it is predicated upon the central tenets of the gospel held in common by those who have the temerity to be “Mere Christians”. This commonality in the light of post-Enlightenment modernism is greater and more . fundamental than the divisions and schisms of church history. Deep Church, as its name implies, is spiritual reality down in the depths - the foundations and deep structures of the Christian faith - which feed, sustain, and equip us to be disciples of Christ. At its heart Deep Church is about remembering our past in order to face our future. ‘‘Remembering Our Future raises some very compelling questions for both emerging and inherited church leaders as it offers a new vision of living traditions of worship, discipieship and service. One of the most important questions this thoughtful book asks is, ‘How can we both listen to the wisdom of ages past and be open to the on-going creative work of God today?’ An important resource for theological educators concerned for the renewal of the church." Tom Sine, Mustard Seed Associates, Seattle “I am delighted to see some of the fruits of the profound discussions within the Deep Church seminar captured in this book. It deserves a wide readership and not just among charismatic evangelicals.” Paul Bradshaw, Professor of Liturgy, University of Notre Dame "Remembering Our Future weaves together several important theological themes in a hopeful vision for the church. The book invites us to break free from vicious cycles of reactivity by rooting our imaginations deep in the resources of our shared tradition. It is a GREAT book!” Brian D. McLaren, author/networker (brianmclaren.net) “These essays are the best attempt I have come across to address the emerging church's need for a deep ecclesiology. I not only recommend a rigorous contemplation of this book, but also commend its vision of ‘Deep Church’ as a worthy goal for all streams of church life." Andrew Jones, tallskinnykiwi.com and Missional Ceil Developer, Church Mission Society \ndrew Walker is Professor of Theology and Education at King’s College London and an 5cumenical canon of St Paul’s Cathedral .uke Bretherton is Lecturer in Theology and Ministry, Convener of the Faith and Public ^olicy Forum and DMin Programme Director at King’s College London. 27208 Paternoster Contents Contributors Series Preface Foreword Introduction: Why Deep Church? Andrew Walker and Luke Bretherton 1. Recovering Deep Church: Theological and Spiritual Renewal Andrew Walker 2. Beyond the Emerging Church? Luke Bretherton 3. Deep Church as Paradosis: On relating Scripture and Tradition Andrew Walker 4. Reading Scripture in Congregations: Towards an Ordinary Hermeneutics Andrew Rogers 5. 'Deep Calls to Deep': Reading Scripture in a Multi-faith Society Ben Quash 6. Holding Together: Catholic Evangelical Worship in the Spirit Christopher Cocksworth viii Contents 7. God's Transforming Presence: Spirit Empowered Worship and its Mediation 150 Ian Stackhouse 8. Baptism and Catechesis as Spiritual Formation 170 Alan Kreider 9. Education, Discipleship and Community Formation 207 Mark Wakelin 10. Mundane Holiness: The Theology and Spirituality of Everyday Life 227 Luke Bretherton Contributors Professor Andrew Walker is Professor of Theology and Education at King's College London, and an ecumenical canon of St Paul's Cathedral. Dr Luke Bretherton is Lecturer in Theology and Ministry, Convener of the Faith and Public Policy Forum and DMin Programme Director at King's College London. Andrew Rogers is researching biblical hermeneutics in UK evangelicalism for his PhD at King's College, London, and also tutors in hermeneutics and missiology by distance learning. Revd Dr Ben Quash, Dean and Fellow of Peterhouse and a lec­ turer at the Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge. He is also Convenor of the Cambridge Interfaith Programme. Revd Dr Christopher Cocksworth, Principal, Ridley Hall Theological College, Cambridge. Dr Ian Stackhouse, Pastoral Leader of the Millmead Centre, home of Guildford Baptist Church. Professor Alan Kreider, Associate Professor of Church History and Mission, Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Elkhart, Indiana. Revd Dr Mark Wakelin is a Methodist Minister and Director of the Guy Chester Centre, London. Series Preface Many are exasperated with what they perceive as the fad- driven, one-dimensional spirituality of modern evangelicalism and desire to reconnect with, and be deeply rooted in, the com­ mon historical Christian tradition as well as their evangelical heritage - welcome to what C.S. Lewis called 'Deep Church'. Deep Church is far more than an ecumenical dream of com­ ing together across the barriers of ignorance and prejudice: it is predicated upon the central tenets of the gospel held in com­ mon by those who have the temerity to be "Mere Christians". This commonality in the light of post-Enlightenment mod­ ernism is greater and more fundamental than the divisions and schisms of church history . Deep Church, as its name implies, is spiritual reality down in the depths - the founda­ tions and deep structures of the Faith - which feed, sustain, and equip us to be disciples of Christ. Andrew Walker, Series Editor Foreword The introversion from which so many parts of the Church in the United Kingdom have suffered in the past forty years has taken various forms and still awaits a competent historian. There has obviously been an institutional aspect to this introversion, marked by a tendency to fidget with structures and elaborate bureaucracies. This in its turn has driven many of those thirsting for an immediate personal contact with the transcendent to form groupings in which charismatic experi­ ences can be enjoyed and words of fire can be spoken in the agreeable company of consenting adults. The accent in such assemblies has tended to be on the subjective and the emo­ tional at the expense of those normative and doctrinal aspects of the faith which equip the Church of Christ to contribute responsibly to the development of human society as a whole. Now from within the charismatic tradition and in dialogue with other Christians, the Deep Church conversation is help­ ing to re-imagine the Church of Christ and its task as we re-engage with the life of the public square in post secular Europe. The authors represented in this significant volume of essays continue, blessedly, to be dissatisfied with any narrow denominationalism. They seek to remember the common tra­ dition of the one Church in a way that serves its mission today. Without anything but gratitude for work done in the Academy, they share a conviction that the Church cannot give away its teaching responsibilities to the university. Some of them have experience of the fresh ways in which theologians embedded in particular church communities can help those who are xiv Foreword committed pioneers of the holy city to sketch and anticipate the future in a way that releases evangelistic energy. I believe this movement to be a gift from God and a gift to profound ecumenism. I am personally grateful for the encour­ agement and inspiration which I have received from Professor Andrew Walker who, with Luke Bretherton, has animated the Deep Church Group and spent himself with great generosity in communicating an inclusive vision of the remembering and return to the well springs, necessary if we are to take advan­ tage of the God-given opportunity of the present moment. With thanks for our partnership in the gospel, The Rt Revd and Rt Hon Richard Chartres DD FSA, Bishop of London Introduction Why Deep Church? Luke Bretherton and Andrew Walker This collection of essays is the fruit of an informal seminar series facilitated by the generous hospitality of Simon Downham at St Paul's, Hammersmith, London, where he is the incumbent. A large proportion of the participants in each sem­ inar were charismatic evangelical Anglicans. They were joined by church leaders from various confessions and religious con­ stituencies including evangelicals from New Church, Baptist, and Pentecostal fellowships as well as members of Anglo- Catholic, Roman Catholic and Orthodox traditions. Some con­ versational partners in the seminars were professionally engaged in academic theology, others were parish priests or involved in 'emerging' and youth church initiatives. Two key concerns shaped the conversations. First, all were looking for a way forward in marrying the immediacy of ecstatic experience with a theology of the mundane that took account of the every­ day pastoral and spiritual needs of ordinary Christians. Second, an underlying theme of the proceedings was how to find a way to the future by remembering the past. It was decided when the conversations were underway to name the deliberations 'Deep Church', a phrase first used to our knowledge in a letter C.S. Lewis wrote to the Church Times in February 1952. Lewis' letter was specifically written to argue that the Catholic and evangelical wings of the Church of England should stand together, as 'thoroughgoing supernatu­ ralists' against the forces of modernism. The general thrust of xvi Introduction his argument, however, was of truly ecumenical significance, for Lewis believed that evangelical and Catholic Christians drank from the same well of a common Christian tradition from the apostles to the councils, creeds and writings of the fathers of the early church. He was prepared to concede that the tradition continued in the Middle Ages and passed through the Reformation into the present day in truncated, partial and residual form, but even in this disjointed, partial existence it still bore the authentic marks of its divine origin and consequently was still efficacious.
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