| Test | Questions | Basis |
| Revelation | Harmonious and Coherent with Scripture? Or Disonant, or “cherry-picked” from Scripture? | Unity and Canonicity of the Bible |
| God | Is the God described within the theology, the God who is revealed? Is God worthy of worship, and relational in prayer? | God as Object of Theology |
| Creation | Is our relation to creation in line with it being God’s good creation? Is our relation to AlL people as to ones created in God’s image, and loved by God? | God as Creator |
| Local Church | Is it from the community, or from the outside, or single person? Is it accepted by and intelligible to the people? | Priesthood of Believers |
| Universal Church | Is it open to critique from the outside? Is it open to critique and dialogue with those outside? | Catholicity and Unity of he Church |
| Spiritual Fruit | Does the actions, attitudes, and motiviations of those who follow the theology allign with ethical Christian standards? Is the fruit of the spirit evidenced? | Link between Orthodoxy and Orthopraxy |
| Resonance | Does it “resonate” with the culture it exists in? Does it put into words, stories, images, and ideas questions being asked in the culture? | God as Redeemer of Culture |
| Tension | Does it challenge the culture, seeking transformation? Or does it simply support or justify what is accepted in the culture? | Fallenness of Man and Culture |
Taken from my book “Ministry in Diversity” Table 10. These tests come from works by Bevans, Schreiter, Tracy, and others.
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