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Sacrificing “Relevance”

Started by markvans · 10 months ago

I think we should try to be as clear as possible.  I also think that we need to provide connecting points for people to meet Jesus without our own man-made obstacles getting in the way.  But I think the Church has overshot its goal of being relevant and has lost its distinctiveness ... Continue reading »

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  • This is an excellent point, I agree. When does a desire to be relevant destroy our identity as distinct? We can err on either side of the equation, but you're right, America has quite obviously erred on the relevance side, to our detriment.

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