What does ministry in a post-christian, post-modern and post-monoethnic look like today. David Olson, in The American Church in Crisis" said, "The American church must encage with these three critical transitions:
- Our World used to be Christan, but it is now becoming post-Christian
- Our world used to be modern, but it is now becoming postmodern.
- Our world used to be moneothic, but it is now becoming multiethnic (read more on multiethnic here)
He goes on to say, "In the post-Christian world, pastors, churches and Christians need to operate more as the early church did. In the post-Christain world, the needs of outsiders become most important. Ministry is more like missionary work, with a renewed emphasis on the message and mission of Jesus. The role of pastors is to lead the church in its mission and equip members to understand and live out the message and mission of Jesus outside of the church. Churches must develop a mission mind-set,l going out into the world to meet people's needs."
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