Part of our shared midweek Lenten Service series "The Church is: ..." Ash Wednesday: "Liturgical" Week 2: "catholic" Week 3: "evangelical" Week 4: "orthodox" Week 5: "confessional" Week 6: "apostolic" Holy Thursday: "Sacramental" Good Friday: "Cruciform" Easter Sunday: "The One Holy Church" |
The church, by her very nature, is evangelical. The English word “evangelical” comes from a Greek word that means “good news.” That Greek word is often translated as “Gospel.” And so when we say that the church is evangelical, we are saying that it is based in the message of the full and free forgiveness of sins. We are announcing that there is good news for the least, the last, the lost.