Post-Christendom?
"The end of Christendom where the Christian story was known and the church was central invites Christians in western culture to embrace marginality and discover fresh ways of being church and engaging in mission." Stuart Murray Williams Post Christendom: Church and Mission in a Strange New World Having sat through lectures by Stuart Murray-Williams and having spent time with him on a mission trip to India I have a lot of respect for his propositions and his teachings. However, a recent trip to the USA after an absence of about 10 years, my head full of thoughts and ideas formed during my time at Bible college, I began to call into question the sweeping assertion that church is no longer central to culture in the west. I am not going to be guilty of hypocrisy by stating that all is well for the church in the USA, but I do claim that there are many societies throughout the glorious 50 United States of America, where one could claim that the Church is still central to...