Sorry again for misunderstanding.

My comment was not one of race but rather of nationality. Perhaps a better term would be Western. Since most of Christian history thus far has been dominated by European theology of the west, the natural response would be white-anglo. However, the current social demographic of the west is becoming increasingly diverse. Europeans are rapidly declining as the majority. Christianity in the future will look different, sound different, and be different. There is danger here yes…but at the same time let us all remember that Jesus and his disciples did not sing Amazing Grace.

That being said, I agree whole-heartedly that there is a goldmine of information to be found within it’s pages that are beneficial for what you say.

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Another aspect of the book I did not like was his view of the “key difference” between Protestants and Roman Catholics– sola scripture . There is a lot that did not sit well with me as a believer, but the book made a whole lot of sense when I started talking to some friends who “Christian.”

Bryant – I don’t think it is a wake up call based on a white or black issue as much as it is a wake up call for our missions work in general. I think Ed Stetzer made mention of Baptists needing to be more explicit in missions work regardless of which doctrine you hold to (Calvinism or not) at the Building Bridges Conference.

Perhaps I misunderstood your last sentence, but I don’t think it comes down to a matter of race as being the problem (especially in the SBC). I believe the problem is simply nominal Baptists in the pews and nominal Baptists in the pulpit. Regarding the issue of race, Thabiti Anwyabile spoke about this at T4G. I must say that what he had to say, if it were to take root in our convention, would have greater ramifications than if we simply realized that “white people no longer rule Christianity.” If I misunderstood what you said, please clarify for me and accept my apology in advance.

Such broad definitions of Christianity bring into question the value of his research for the church, our evaluation of the state of the church in the southern hemisphere, and whether the current growth in the church in the south is, in fact, true growth, or something we should be careful to say, ‘this area has been evangelized.’ At least, church planters and missionaries should not have such a broad definition of Christian belief.

Thanks for providing this review.

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