The Enormity of the Task...

Reading a book by Rob Warner based here in the UK. He is an extremely helpful thinker and seems to be caught up in a longing to see the church impact the 'new millennium'. He says some things quite bluntly; here is one of the things he says in relation to the task facing us as the church to 'identify' with current culture

"It is vital that we face the enormity of our task. It is simply not the case that the church merely has to do better what it is already doing or patch up a few minor problems in order to ensure a great advance. We are not in a situation where a little more prayer, a little more spiritual warfare, a little more door to door, or a little more care in the community will do the trick. We have allowed a chasm to open between surrounding culture and the internal church culture.
Today in the West, no less than among unreached people groups in the remotest parts of Africa, we need to learn to be a missionary church. And in order to become effective missionaries, we need to bridge the gap between the gospel and the world of the people around us. If Jesus and the apostles made strenuous efforts to live and communicate the gospel in ways that bridged the gap in their generation, it is simply not good enough today to pray for revival while changing nothing in the church."

Very true, it is our role to impact our generational-cultural-context and fulfill the mandate of Christ.

Simon