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Church has always been potentially just one generation away from extinction. But now with a generation of under-thirty-five-year olds turning away from institutional expressions of Christianity, churches on both sides of the Atlantic must recognise that they face a challenge that is more urgent and radical than it has been for many generations. Eddie Gibbs identifies some of the major storm centres through which churches must navigate, not simply in order to return to a previously more tranquil world, but to enter a new one entirely. He looks at mission, church structures, developing new leaders and mentoring, worship, spirituality and evangelism and asks how our ministry must change in order to serve a new generation of Christians.
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When InterVarsity Press contacted me about a UK edition of ChurchNext I was hesitant to undertake the necessary revisions due to the fact that I had been away from Britain for the past 16 years. Although I make brief visits every eighteen months or so, these are not long enough to keep in touch with the many significant changes taking place, not only among the churches, but also within the broader culture. I therefore asked IVP if I could work with a British editor who was in touch with the current situation and could serve as joint author of this edition.
We were looking for a person able to add some UK illustrations, point out where explanatory comments were necessary to relate the American scene to a UK readership and also straighten out my Americanisms. As a British missionary to California I have become somewhat enculturated over the years! I was delighted with the news that they had selected Ian Coffey, who had been one of the readers of the original version. ...
As we reflected together on the state of Christianity on each side of the Atlantic we were in agreement that the churches in the UK and in North America have a great deal to learn from one another. But we are convinced that the exchange needs to be two-way and discerning.
Secularisation, followed by the collapse of Christendom, has progressed further in Great Britain providing clear warning signs to the United States, which tended to feel itself immune from such cultural shock waves. ChurchNext provides strong indications that the United States may be far more vulnerable than is realised by the great majority of the church going population and many church leaders. One sign of this realisation is the formation of the Gospel and Culture Network here in the US, which was inspired by the earlier movement in the UK led by the late Leslie Newbigin.
In terms of the UK learning form the US experience, it is important that church models developed on this side of the Atlantic and the movements arising from them that have been so widely franchised, should be seen in their cultural context. Unlike Europe, America is still a ‘churched’ society. Or more correctly, there are still segments of society and regions of North America that are strongly churched. The latest Gallup Poll figure for church attendance in the United States shows a remarkable 43% of the population who claim to have attended a worship service within the previous seven days. And that figure has remained fairly constant over the past half century. This is in sharp contrast to the unrelenting decline in church attendance in the UK. ...
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