decisionism

Noun

decisionism (uncountable)

1. The doctrine that moral or legal precepts are the product of decisions made by political or legal bodies
2. A theology that stresses the importance of the decision to become a Christian for salvation. Often this decision takes the form of the sinner's prayer.
   • The decisionism of today's SBC is problematic, but many of us remain unconvinced that dropping decision from our evangelistic vocabulary is a necessary response […].2008, Chuck Lawless, “Southern Baptist Non-Calvinists—Who Are We Really?”, in E. Ray Clendenen, Brad J. Waggoner, editors, Calvinism: A Southern Baptist Dialogue, page 166
   • The sinner's prayer is an example of a wrong presupposition that plagues much of modern evangelism. It comes from the errant notion that a sinner's decision to receive Christ is the determining factor in salvation. The sinner's prayer is an offshoot of this concept of decisionism, despite the fact...2011, John MacArthur et al., Evangelism: How to Share the Gospel Faithfully, page 134