Somehow in the class discussion the issue of the church sponsorship of PLNU arose. A bright young lady said quite out of the blue, "I am not a Nazarene yet I am thankful that it is the Church of the Nazarene that sponsors this college." I would like to argue that it is important to keep the relationship between PLNU and the Church of the Nazarene strong.
I can call myself both ecumenical and denominational. I believe that the two categories can be complementary and not oppositional. An ecumenism that is not based on a definite doctrinal and denominational foundation is what I would call Brand X Christianity and Brand X Christianity tends to be shallow, rootless, and thoughtless.
(More to follow later.)
