ÂIs the church culturally relevant or culturally captive? asks Soong-Chang Rah, author of The Next Evangelicalism: Freeing the Church from Western Cultural Captivity. He talks with ThinkFwd host Spencer Burke about the purported decline of American Christianity. In Soong-Chan�'s view, it is not Christianity that is collapsing but rather the Western-, White-culture Christianity that�'s rooted in suburban, upper middle-class, politicized cultureÂwhether the mega church or emerging church.
But just the opposite, Soong-Chan sees incredible growth and strength in the multi-ethnic, immigrant, and second generation churches. Soong-Chan was born in Korea, but lived most of his life in America. In his personal life experience, his Korean and American cultures intersect to create a new multi-cultural experience. He suggests we need to hear the stories of the Native Americans, immigrants, and the many non-white cultures (many of them much older than the recent Âanci-future trends that only go back 200 years ...
