Where Does God Fit in our Social Networks? - Brian Brown
Where Does God Fit in our Social Networks?
Church Polity for the 21st Century
By Brian Brown
Special to virtueonline
www.virtueonline.org
May 27, 2013
If you're not a pastor and you're under 30, it's probable that church isn't at the center of your social network. You might have Christian friends, but you likely didn't meet them at church. Of course, statistically, there's a better than three-in-four chance that they aren't involved in a church at all.
As I pointed out in a prior article on religion and young people, Ross Douthat's 2012 book "Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics" documented how the decline of the mainline churches in America coincided with their conformity to political trends. But it's equally true that the decline of the American church's influence on Millennials has coincided with its conformity to inhumane social trends. I don't mean abortion or marriage revisionism. I mean the way we order our lives as individuals and communities; or put in more fashionable terms, how God fits into our social networks.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
Church Polity for the 21st Century
By Brian Brown
Special to virtueonline
www.virtueonline.org
May 27, 2013
If you're not a pastor and you're under 30, it's probable that church isn't at the center of your social network. You might have Christian friends, but you likely didn't meet them at church. Of course, statistically, there's a better than three-in-four chance that they aren't involved in a church at all.As I pointed out in a prior article on religion and young people, Ross Douthat's 2012 book "Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics" documented how the decline of the mainline churches in America coincided with their conformity to political trends. But it's equally true that the decline of the American church's influence on Millennials has coincided with its conformity to inhumane social trends. I don't mean abortion or marriage revisionism. I mean the way we order our lives as individuals and communities; or put in more fashionable terms, how God fits into our social networks.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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