I don’t believe that there is an identity crisis in Churches of Christ at all. We know who were are, no matter whether we are conservative or liberal.

I am a member of a congregation that is most would say is becoming more progressive. There is some serious, healthy questioning of our traditions going on in this church. However, this questioning, which is rejecting some of the teachings that have been held as “traditional” within our brotherhood, doesn’t mean that we have lost track of who we are. We are familiar with our heritage and history, and we affirm the people that came before us in a different time. In many ways, we are embracing the distant past of our Restoration Movement, and not the last 50 to 100 years that has brought division and turmoil.

So, are we in a crisis? No, not at all. We are instead entering a time of renewal and understanding that is being fermented by the Holy Spirit.

-Clarke