when i say he van gellic awill here today, what i'm referring to is this informal link of renewal and revival movements that are united in historic confessional orthodoxy with an emphasis on the necessity of personal conversion and evangelism. any definition of evangelical in any sort of scholarly setting will eventually get to what is called the bebington quad lateral of the historian david bebington who defines it in terms of four plafrpgs. -- planks. commitment to the idea that every person must be personally born again, activism, that christian faith requires people to be active in the world and loving neighbors around them, and an emphasis specifically upon the cross. the last is one that is often assumed. i think it's where we ought to begin and this end conversation. because any evangelicalism that is worthy to face the future must be cross shaped. must call people everywhere to repenlt and believe in christ. must call all people everywhere to demonstrate love of god and neighbor in our various communities and callings. but most importantly, evangelicalism must point to the cro