Disappearing Church : From Cultural Relevance to Gospel Resilience

Main Author: Sayers, Mark.
Published: Chicago, Illinois : Moody Press, 2016
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: dark clouds - or glorious sun?
  • Part One. Understanding our craving for cultural relevance. Our current post-Christianity
  • The history of "relevant"
  • How much more relevant can we get?
  • The gospel of self: (Gnosticism)
  • Part Two. Learning gospel resilience. An exciting opportunity
  • Reject the implicit prosperity gospel. We are slaves, not seekers
  • Stop catering to "public" opinion
  • Don't offer everything. Deliver truth
  • Recreate the institution
  • Withdraw/return
  • Conclusion: going beyond the culture of the ghost.