Tim Keller on new Questions facing the Western Church

Apr 26 | Pastor J.D. | 1 Comment |

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Here are 5 questions Tim Keller presents that he says face the American church. Here’s his outline:

1. The opportunity for extensive culture-making in the U.S.
2. The rise of Islam
3. The new non-Western Global Christianity
4. The growing cultural remoteness of the gospel in our society
5. The end of prosperity?

Here are 5 suggestions he gives about how to answer. Here’s that outline.

1. The local church has to support culture-making.
2. We need a renewal of apologetics. We also need to read J.D. Greear’s new book, Breaking the Islam Code. (OK, I added that one)
3. We need a great variety of church models.
4. We must develop a far more robust theology of suffering.
5. We need a critical mass of churches in the biggest cities of the world. (Thus, we need to emphasize church planting… for @SummitRDU people, here’s how we do that and our next strategic cities we’re focusing on!)

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