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