North American Christianity? Quo Vadis?
Faculty Sponsor
Karin Heller, Whitworth University
Research Project Abstract
Today, the American church finds itself in the midst of a secularization process, whereby Christianity has become increasingly irrelevant and obsolete to youth. The presentation focuses on one of the biggest challenges for the church in the 21st century, i.e. the need to adapt without compromising the gospel. Based on the spiritual journey of a Lebanese expatriate living in the U.S., it explores aspects of American church culture oscillating between secularization, atheism, and attraction to Christ. It calls on U.S. Christians to become a church that wrestles with hard questions, invests in individuals instead of mass numbers, and naturally depends on God.
Session Number
RS13
Location
Robinson 229
Abstract Number
RS13-a
North American Christianity? Quo Vadis?
Robinson 229
Today, the American church finds itself in the midst of a secularization process, whereby Christianity has become increasingly irrelevant and obsolete to youth. The presentation focuses on one of the biggest challenges for the church in the 21st century, i.e. the need to adapt without compromising the gospel. Based on the spiritual journey of a Lebanese expatriate living in the U.S., it explores aspects of American church culture oscillating between secularization, atheism, and attraction to Christ. It calls on U.S. Christians to become a church that wrestles with hard questions, invests in individuals instead of mass numbers, and naturally depends on God.
