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A 3 page paper that provides a review of the entitled book. The author focuses primarily on evangelical Christianity but says that all churches have lost their way, they have moved away from their mission. The author offers significant discussions to validate his opinions. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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evangelical church has lost its way and it seems to have lost even its very mission for being. Even a glance at the Table of Contents in this book gives
the reader a very firm grasp of the message. Consider: "The Culture of Nothingness," just as an example. Where does Christ fit in this post-modern world? All churches, not just
the evangelical church, seem to be in the business of marketing their church and some have services that are intended to counsel rather than to preach the Word. They are
trying to increase membership in order to operate and at the same time, people have become consumers, trying out one church after another until they find one that fits their
attitudes and needs. And, there needs might not be spiritual. Wells charges that the church no longer provide theology to its participants, it offers therapy. What is church without
theology and doctrine? So many churches are involved more with marketing the church than with offering doctrinal distinctiveness. If we were to go from one evangelical church to another, we
would too often find they are all just trying to keep an audience, enough membership to pay for the operations of the church. That is not their mission, though. There
is only one truth and it is this truth that all Christian churches should be promoting. Citing another author, Wells reports that "58% of Protestant churches describe themselves as being
seeker-sensitive which, I am assuming is the soft version of which seeker-driven or seeker-oriented is the hard" (Wells, 2005, p. 267). Of course, Wells is pointing out that churches
are trying to be relevant in the culture and society. This is certainly not a new quest. With every major change in the society, churches have struggled to demonstrate they
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