Comments on: 10 Ways for Denominations to Remain Relevant

By: Peter Perrson

Peter Perrson — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 07:35:03 +0000

I think you are missing one of the greatest revivals in the last 100 years when you fail to note the growing churches in Asia. For a couple of generations, churches in ” free” Asia, South Korea specifically, have shown incredible growth. However, the church in China may be the biggest surprise. With the threat of Islam coming from the West, China has greatly relaxed it’s oppression on Christianity. We are now seeing potentially tens of millions of hidden Chinese Christians appearing on the worship rosters in that country! I am sorry to think that perhaps you ignore these churches, because they focus on the essential issue of salvation and don’t have a “social gospel” leaning.

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That Was The Week That Was « The Pietist Schoolman — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 14:06:56 +0000

[...] errand for churches. But if you’re going to pursue relevance, at least do it in the ways Efrem Smith suggests, rather than by stripping worship of liturgy or sermons of Scripture, or by seeking numbers rather [...]

By: Richard

Richard — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 01:54:17 +0000

You say: Become students of how the Kingdom of God is being advanced in Africa, Central America, and South America.

Why exclude the Asian church in this? What about the Middle Eastern martyrs and the persistent church?

Again, culture defines church movements. Think wider.