The Next Evangelicalism
Found out about this book through a quote that a friend posted on Facebook:
“If you are a white Christian wanting to be a missionary in this day and age, and you have never had a nonwhite mentor, then you will not be a missionary. You will be a colonialist. Instead of taking the gospel message into the world, you will take a [Western] version of the gospel.” (Soong-Chan Rah, The Next Evangelicalism, p.162)
Wow! I would love to read that book.
More about the book, with some key quotes here.
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Yep- its all them darn white people again, i'll pass on this tripe.
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Lee said:
What sounds like a balanced review here.
From that review: ""While some are lamenting the decline of Christianity in America, they fail to realize that it is only in white America that it is in decline.""
Maybe it is time for the rest of the world to start sending missionaries to America? [[I pray for them to have success]]
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I would not go that far. But the numbers are fairly consistent. Of course statistics "lie". But there's plenty to think about for leaders in America.
Personally speaking, I think the book has ramifications beyond Whites and the USA. There are broader issues that every church everywhere can also think through.
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Kind of disappointing ... we spend mucho time trying to expand the gospel south of here, almost totally helping hispanic preachers. And we both are painfully aware of the 'gringo' problem. But to paint it as 'race' doesn't solve the issue; wealthy folks working out of Mexico City have the same challenge.
The bigger issue (sorry Whyndell) is the immense gulf that more wealthy western churches see in poorer non-english speaking missionaries. The lack of respect I've observed, especially on the reservations, is palpable.
"If myth is ideology in narrative form, then scholarship is myth with footnotes." B. Lincolm 1999.
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