Stained glass & Starbucks

Scott Brooks

The call for a missional church - one that incarnates Christ through culturally relevant evangelism and worship approaches - is being sounded in evangelical circles nationwide. This radical approach, as old as Christianity itself, is being viewed as the last hope for reaching North America with the Gospel.

Missional churches can take any form of worship and evangelism and are defined by how they view and interact with the unchurched world. Georgia Baptists need both - the traditional church and the contemporary - the stained glass and the Starbucks approach - if they are going to impact secular culture for Christ.

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