At the start of the 21st century, Protestant theologians concerned with the mode in which the church may hold the power of social transformation and renewal look primarily to three schools of thought for answers: Post-liberal Narrative Theology, Protestant Liberal Christian Realism, and Radical Orthodoxy. After examining the insights and inadequacies of these models, this dissertation will build upon the theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and will construct an alternative vision of how the privileged American Protestant church should understand its relationship to the surrounding world: The church should enter and sustain a place within the sociopolitical realm through a confession of its own sin and the sin of the world. Finally, with a deep concern that theology speaks to the realities in which we find ourselves, this dissertation will examine three snapshots of communal work that exemplify ecclesial commitments and practices born out of a disposition of confession: Jubilee USA’s commitment to international economic justice; The Southeast White House’s engagement with urban plight; and Eleuthero’s focus upon the interrelation of ecological care and social justice.