I am a proud American. But Jesus wasn’t. The church isn’t. And my faith isn’t.
I’m also white and English-speaking. But Jesus wasn’t those either. And neither is the vast majority of his church.
Yet, if you pay attention to the church stats cited by most bloggers, speakers and authors, they tend to be very heavily slanted towards white, English-speaking Americans. Often exclusively so.
This slanted view gives us an inaccurate picture of who and what the 21st century church looks like.
It’s a big world out there. Jesus cares about all of it.
So should we.
In today’s post I’m going to take a hard, possibly uncomfortable look at two lies we end up believing when we pay almost exclusive attention to the white, English-speaking, American church. Keep reading
Also see
Demographic Shift: Where Have All the Christians Gone?
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