Newbigin Article

This article from Community Mission (formerly Shaftesbury Society) is (in my opinion) very, very good pulling out salient points from Newbigin's works.

I suggest reading the full article, but the two salient points are:

1. A proper confidence in the gospel - as the 'event' of Jesus Christ that is inherently social and political as well as just being individual. This is a movement of God in society we are talking here, not just a proposition for people's personal beliefs.
2. The doctrine of election - echoing the 'people for a purpose' seen in the trajectory in Ephesians I have been harping on about recently.

To say more would detract from the original article, except to point to the concluding paragraph:

... the missionary task lies at the very heart and purpose of what it means to be Church