The myth of a Christian culture continues to set the mind of the Western church at ease. This myth assumes that the West is, or once was, a Christian culture. If the culture is Christian, there is no need to analyze its assumptions or develop a counter-cultural instinct. ~…

Bill Bright (1921–2003) founded Campus Crusade for Christ (CCC) on the UCLA campus in 1951 with the primary goal of reaching university student leaders by proclaiming the message of salvation. Over the course of the past six decades, the movement has grown from a small band of staff…

Fifty years ago, today, Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered in Memphis at the Lorraine Motel. Like anyone of our heroes, King wasn’t perfect. Unlike most of our heroes, probably, he is among the most important Americans to have lived within our lifetime. And he helped to make…

Culture changes so quickly that it has proven challenging for the church planting movement. Although we seem to be experiencing a period of stagnation, there is hope on the horizon for massive Kingdom growth if we take the time to get it right. Currently, our greatest area of…

According to the latest Pew Polls, it seems that the current cultural climate has intensified the angst of racial tension and division. “The share of Americans who say racism is a ‘big problem’ in society has increased 8 percentage points in the past two years – and has roughly…

Many church leaders do cultural studies and wrestle with the sociology of place.  On a different track, others try to get their heads around the social imaginaries that make up the personality of our cities (sometimes referred to as a horizon or a space).  We need to help…