Difference between revisions of "Post-Christian America"
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| − | + | Contemporary America is battling with urbanization, pluralism, relativism, globalism, individualism, narcissism, consumerism, post-modernism, post-Christendom, among other things. What does this say to the church? What is our missional responsibility and calling by God? How do we best reach this culture, by accommodation or by living counter-cultural? Be able to interact with all of these things. | |
==Recommended Reading== | ==Recommended Reading== | ||
==Resources== | ==Resources== | ||
| + | <I>Missional Church: A Vision for the Sending of the Church in North America</I> by Darrell L. Gude | ||
| + | <I>The Gospel in a Pluralistic Society</I> and <I>Foolishness to the Greeks</I> by Lesslie Newbigin | ||
Revision as of 18:04, 22 September 2017
Contemporary America is battling with urbanization, pluralism, relativism, globalism, individualism, narcissism, consumerism, post-modernism, post-Christendom, among other things. What does this say to the church? What is our missional responsibility and calling by God? How do we best reach this culture, by accommodation or by living counter-cultural? Be able to interact with all of these things.
Recommended Reading
Resources
Missional Church: A Vision for the Sending of the Church in North America by Darrell L. Gude The Gospel in a Pluralistic Society and Foolishness to the Greeks by Lesslie Newbigin
Missionary Work of the Church
a. How gospel has been passed from one language, tribe, nation to another b. Basic principles of cross-cultural communication c. Mission Strategies d. Personal relational evangelism and apologetics e. Modern Missionary Movements f. Missionary connection with Monasticism g. Post-Christian America h. Re-engineering from the misssion field backwards i. Missiology and ecclesiology j. Missional Implications of Technology k. Church Planting
