Josh Moody talks to Ben Peays
JM: Ben, tell us briefly what the original vision was behind The Gospel Coalition (TGC)?
BP: The vision for TGC came during a lunch in Manhattan between Don Carson and Tim Keller. They discussed the questions, ‘What would it take to recover, or rejuvenate, the centre of confessional, Reformed evangelicalism?’ and ‘What could be done to stop the endless drift of evangelicalism?’ The last couple of decades had seen the erosion of the gospel in many churches. They decided to initially call together 40 pastors, from a broad group of denominations, generations and racial groups. These were all people committed to the ministry of the word. From here they began to think and pray about what could be done. That was in 2005.
JM: You were a key part of facilitating and co-ordinating and leading the charge on many of the aspects of making this happen: how did the conference go this time around?
