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Transforming Culture: A Challenge for Christian Mission
Outline: Cross-cultural evangelists historically have attempted to transplant Western church culture in their work with other peoples. More recent efforts protect the culture of native believers, helping them live as Christians within their own milieus. Anthropologist and missiologist Sherwood Lingenfelter maintains that Western-style churches often remain irrelevant, and indigienization brings deadly compromise. Lingenfelter proposes that the more biblical focus is to enable the new believers to understand the inevitable conflict between social environment and Christ. Lingenfelter reveals how subtle but pervasive cultural differences can cause conflict in churches and offers insights into how to unify a congregation with diverse cultural values.
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