Tony Jones asked for suggestions on a new adjective to replace the “Progressive” or even older “Liberal/Conservative” categories.  Here’s my comment in that thread

Tony and Patrick,
What Patrick has raised here is where I also find myself in this. I too have a desire to have a “word” that better captures this messy, boundary-challenging, missional, exploring conversation/embodiment thing we do. (There, I just used 5 or 6 terms to sample our problem). I also don’t know if anything IS going to stick, OTHER than the ones that are inherently political (Conservative/Liberal and in recent years, “Progressive”. I always find myself saying I’m “with” the Progressives or “kinda like Progressive”, but that always seems to throw too much into categories that derive from the political world, and although we share some concerns with the Progressive political folks, we have harder to define motivations (which is why this discussion exists as we seek to hit upon “a word”.)
Maybe my favorite might be something along the lines of “Ecclesial” in order to emphasize the locus and incubator on which we depend for our stance in the world

“Progressive” Is the Wrong Word

Here’s the exact location of my comment within that post