A friend and I were talking about how many people "recoil" now from the term Evangelical my friend who holds his Theological from Duke, was in agreement that the use of Evangelical SHOULD be removed from the "saw-dust trail" connotations and be restored in it's classic and historic context, he gave an interesting analogy, the RCC has usurped the term "catholic" which is not their sole property, yet people shy from it because of the Roman use, when in fact in a broader semantic range can apply to the universal or whole body of Christ, a true Christian is in fact catholic "lower case c". In much the same manner Evangelical has been misused and usurped by certain churches as their OWN badge. In short the Church is catholic in nature and Evangelical in the sense of her mandate/or calling if you prefer, simply to make known the Truth delivered to the saints. I feel there is a tendency to flee right and truthful "words" when they have been misused rather than attempt to reclaim and restore them to their right proper and Biblical place. The list could go on, I am thankful the OPC did not "shy" from using Orthodox,it means straight/right/correct/proper. It is not the "property" of the Eastern Church. In short there is indeed a Divine Mandate upon the Church to be Evangelical, to my mind and that of my friends this means placing it back within a Biblical, Historic, Classic, and Semantic context. I wanted to "bounce" the idea here and see the feel of the PB on the reformed Christians in regard to reclaiming a VERY Biblical concept which has sadly been dropped on the basis of it's misuse. Would love any thoughts. Grace and Peace.