Tag: The Next Evangelicalism

Reading Notes: The Next Evangelicalism Soong-Chan Rah – Part 3 ‘Freedom from the Western, White Captivity of the Church’ (Chapters 7-9)

March 11, 2020

When I think about the prospects of ministry for a non-White person, in a Western country, even with gifting, training, education at a well-known Western seminary or Bible College – what place does that person have in the ministry to the city, community or even country? The answer that most commonly comes to mind is … More Reading Notes: The Next Evangelicalism Soong-Chan Rah – Part 3 ‘Freedom from the Western, White Captivity of the Church’ (Chapters 7-9)

Reading Notes: ‘The Next Evangelicalism’ Soong-Chan Rah. Chapter 6 – The Cultural Imperialism of the Western, White Cultural Captivity of the Church

March 5, 2020

So this chapter, the last of part 2, is about globalisation. It is that permeating and infiltration of the cultural values and paradigms of one nation into the entire global community. Right now, we are in the grip of a global panic over the Coronavirus. Globalisation is illustrated by this virus’ ability to cross boundaries … More Reading Notes: ‘The Next Evangelicalism’ Soong-Chan Rah. Chapter 6 – The Cultural Imperialism of the Western, White Cultural Captivity of the Church

Reading Notes: The Next Evangelicalism by Soong-Chan Rah – Chapter 5 The Emergent Church’s Captivity to Western, White Culture.

March 3, 2020

I think I’m running out of steam writing about this book. There’s a lot of material, but some of it is dense, and difficult to chew through. So, I’m going to try and make it more succinct from hereon in. This chapter is about Post-modernism, and how the church’s chosen ‘response’ to it is the … More Reading Notes: The Next Evangelicalism by Soong-Chan Rah – Chapter 5 The Emergent Church’s Captivity to Western, White Culture.

Reading Notes: ‘The Next Evangelicalism’ by Soong-Chan Rah. Chapter 4 – ‘The Church Growth Movement and Megachurches’ Part 2

February 28, 2020

So I was giving this chapter a bit of a downer review – but there’s something that Rah introduces that I think I do appreciate. The concept of Primary and Secondary cultures. This is a sociological description, proposed by Doug and Judy Hall from Emmanuel Gospel Center, Boston, Mass. These terms are an attempt to … More Reading Notes: ‘The Next Evangelicalism’ by Soong-Chan Rah. Chapter 4 – ‘The Church Growth Movement and Megachurches’ Part 2

Reading Notes: The Next Evangelicalism by Soong-Chan Rah – Chapter 4 ‘The Church Growth Movement and Megachurches’. Part 1 – How pervasive is the WWCC of the church?

February 27, 2020

I first read about Don McGavran and the Homogeneous Unit Principle (HUP) sitting in a core leaders’ meeting for our new church plant. We wanted to explore what it might look like for us as a small group made up almost exclusively Asians, more specifically Chinese. And yet, we were not just Chinese – we … More Reading Notes: The Next Evangelicalism by Soong-Chan Rah – Chapter 4 ‘The Church Growth Movement and Megachurches’. Part 1 – How pervasive is the WWCC of the church?

Reading notes: ‘The Next Evangelicalism’ By Soong-Chan Rah – Chapter 3 Racism. Part III – Multiethnic church

February 25, 2020

This is the third of a three part blog post on Chapter 3 ‘Racism’ of Soong-Chan Rah’s book ‘The Next Evangelicalism‘. Parts 1 and 2 focussed on the ‘Problem’ and the ‘theological considerations’ when it comes to the Western, White, cultural captivity of the church. The final point which Rah shines his light upon is … More Reading notes: ‘The Next Evangelicalism’ By Soong-Chan Rah – Chapter 3 Racism. Part III – Multiethnic church

Reading notes: ‘The Next Evangelicalism’ By Soong-Chan Rah – Chapter 3 Racism. Part II – Theological considerations

February 20, 2020

The previous part examined the problem of race in the context of the ‘Western, White Cultural Captivity’ of the Church. This post picks up on Rah’s proposal – questioning Western theology. What is proposed? A re-examination of what forms ‘good, sound, orthodox theology’ – the ‘Western theology that emphasises a personal relationship with Jesus, with … More Reading notes: ‘The Next Evangelicalism’ By Soong-Chan Rah – Chapter 3 Racism. Part II – Theological considerations

Reading notes: ‘The Next Evangelicalism’ By Soong-Chan Rah – Chapter 3 Racism. Part I – the problem

February 16, 2020

Many of authors I have read for the course I am taking at RTS (‘Gospel and Race’) would agree  with this statement: ‘The category of race has no scientific justification’ (Rah, 65) Race – that loaded word – is not defined deterministically but sociologically. There is no biological basis for it, and more importantly, there … More Reading notes: ‘The Next Evangelicalism’ By Soong-Chan Rah – Chapter 3 Racism. Part I – the problem

Reading Notes: ‘The Next Evangelicalism’ by Soong-Chan Rah – Chapter 2 ‘Consumerism and Materialism’

February 15, 2020

The subtitle to this chapter is ‘The Soul of Western White Cultural Captivity’. According to Rah, these twin evils of consumerism and materialism constitute the soul of WWCC. He goes on to describe that how we choose our church, our worshiping community – and dare we say it, our Jesus and God – on the … More Reading Notes: ‘The Next Evangelicalism’ by Soong-Chan Rah – Chapter 2 ‘Consumerism and Materialism’

Reading Notes: ‘The Next Evangelicalism’ by Soong-Chan Rah – 1: The Heartbeat of Western, White Cultural Captivity

February 14, 2020

The title is long, wordy and awkward – and unfortunately, I felt that the premise of this chapter – that individualism is a key marker of Western White Cultural Captivity (WWCC) of the church is overdrawn.  Rah describes how he finds a comic book distillation of Western philosophy in his packing boxes – and in doing … More Reading Notes: ‘The Next Evangelicalism’ by Soong-Chan Rah – 1: The Heartbeat of Western, White Cultural Captivity