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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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