Ancient Faith and American-Born Churches

Ancient Faith and American-Born Churches offers a unique approach to the exploration of the Christian tradition and faith heritage of Christian communities in the United States. In this set of dialogues, wildly unlikely combinations of church traditions are paired off with each other: Seventh-day Adventists and Episcopalians discuss Jesus’s second coming; Eastern Orthodox and Holiness church leaders discuss Christian worship; Churches of Christ and Roman Catholic theologians discuss the meaning of a truly “apostolic” church. This exciting series of interchanges opens up unexpected points of convergence between widely separated Christian traditions. Ancient Faith and American-Born Churches also provides a rich source of knowledge about the depths and the gifts of the faith and beliefs churches profess.

About the Editors: Ted A Campbell is president of Garret-Evangelical Theological Seminary and an ordained elder of the United Methodist Church; he has published extensively in Methodist Studies. Ann K. Riggs is associate general secretary for Faith and Order and director of the Faith and Order Commission at the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA. She is a consultant to the Standing Committee of the World Council of Churches Faith and Order Commission.  Gilbert W. Stafford is professor of Christian theology at Anderson University School of Theology in Indiana. Since 1984 he has represented the Church of God on the Faith and Order Commission of the National Council of Churches in the USA.