What’s at Stake? Gospel Opportunities and Implications | As In Heaven Episode 23 | Soong Chan-Rah

In this episode of “As In Heaven,” hosts Jim Davis and Mike Aitcheson welcome Soong Chan-Rah to discuss reclaiming the church from cultural captivity and the specific ways that Western attitudes of individualism have crept into our modern ministry philosophies.
Together, they address:

0:00 An introduction to Soong Chan-Rah
2:54 Cultural shifts in objections to the gospel
9:43 The significance of minority leadership in this shift
13:27 The Next Evangelicalism: Freeing the Church From Western Cultural Captivity
17:11 “Captivity” in the conversation
21:14 Advice for church leadership in these conversations
28:10 “Aren’t we past this now?”
33:55 How important it is for the church to get this cultural moment right
37:59 What happens when churches dismiss these cultural conversations
42:44 The church’s two minute drill
49:21 Hopeful realism

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