HAT THE CHURCH NI~EDS， more than anything else， is a
:w reformation--nothing less will do! Without a new the-
0gical reformation， the Christian church as the authentic
xty of Christ may not survive.
a Christian， a theologian， and a churchman within
le Reformed tradition， I must believe that it is possible
Dr the church to exist even though it may be in serious
rr0r in substance， strategy， style， or spirit. Martin Luther
~ced this haunting and recurring question: \"Am I alone
ght and is all the rest of the church wrong?\"
The tradition of Luther or Calvin gives us this convic-
on: the church of Jesus Christ stands always in the frail，
lman arena of imperfection. Yet， if granted the grace of
lmility， the church will be equipped to go on with the
afinished tasks of reforming and refining its mission and
aessage under the Lordship of Jesus Christ in the power
mf the Holy Spirit.
The sixteenth-century Reformation can today be viewed
a reactionary movement--a \"mid-flight correction，\" to
sea twentieth-century space-flight term. If the birth of
ae church in the first century is seen as the launching of
L.. xr，，~，;，qo ，~f l~edemmive Communication， then the
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