Cultural Relevance vs. Biblical Faithfulness

Over at Resurgence emerging leader Ed Stetzer posts an article where he tackles the question, “Why is cultural relevance a big deal?” Here’s the heart of it:

On the one hand, the church can be so focused on cultural relevance that it loses its distinctive message. Don’t think it won’t happen—it has happened to countless churches and denominations. On the other hand, it can decide that culture does not matter. That leads to a church whose message is indiscernible and obscure to those who are “outside.” Let me propose an alternative: our churches need to be biblically faithful, culturally relevant, counter culture communities.

Read the whole article.

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