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Iiibir!Fjjtpeilm Baptists Forlifihlmi IIIBiR!fjjtpeilm baptists forlifiHlmi A DECADE OF OPPORTUNITY As we enter the nineties, old ways are previous era he took heart, arguing that God dying or buried. We are seeing the bankruptcy of caused "a total disregard for all religion to pave materialism - the hunger for something more from the way for the revival of the only religion which life is growing strong around us. A flexible friend, a was worthy of God." company car and a timeshare in Spain are not The coming decade of evangelism is a enough in lifel decade of tremendous opportunity. But we need What's more we have seen the death of to clear the undergrowth. We need to be people Christendom - most non-believing adults in the of burning passion and clear-Sighted focus - it's no West are now quite clear that they are not Chris­ good just muddling through. We must ask some tians. While we can thank God for the end of that pressing questions: centuries long confusion there is a downside: most What do we want to achieve for Christ by the turn people assume that the church is a relic of an old of the century? order, with nothing relevant to offer their life today. What is expendable to bring that about? We also see signs of hope. Alternative think in terms of time, money, and church medicine, meditation and new age religions all activities show a new responsiveness to the intuitive, non­ What must Christ do in us, In order to make rational and spiritual dimension of life. Such interest us useful to him? Is not without considerable danger, yet it shows a renewal always begins with a deep cultural rebellion against the old quasi-scientific sense of personal need. reduction ism which left no room for such experien­ ces. Just a few years ago it would have been Graham Kendrick has presented clearly unthinkable to hear not only Rupert Murdoch but what is needed within and beyond the church - also Cosmopolitan magazine speaking of a groun­ "We are praying ... to reintroduce the public to the dswell of interest in religion sweeping Britain today. church as a joyful company of ordinary people, full Here too is a downside. Many who are of life and colour." I hope the Mainstream News­ seeking spiritual reality take it for granted that it's letter and Conference will help prepare you for the not to be found in the church. Where churches coming decade of devotion, single mindedness have aped the values of our culture, we have little and passion, as we seek to live to the full for Jesus to offer those now seeking spiritual vitality. The old Christ in the power of his Spirit. The articles by graffiti "Jesus Yes, Church No" now has a twin Richard Foster and Patrick Johnstone set the "Spiritual Reality Yes, Church No." context for a global spiritual revitalisation. Don't Only by the Spirit and Word of God can we bridge that credibility gap. Yet I take great hope miss Qutl from the Wesleyan Revival. When John Wesley a- looked back at the barrenness and decline of the NEWSLEnER No. 37 - JULY 1990 "'NGE\.''> Articles Editorial - A Decade of Opportunity Editor: Rob Warner, The World by 2,000? Patrick Johnstone Herne Hill Baptist Church, A Deeper Spiritual Life Richard Foster Half Moon Lane, Herne Hili, Worship - A wholesome meal London. SE24. or a healthy diet Glen Marshall Subscriptions: Steven Hembery, Unwrapping Christmas Steve Chalke 27 Crabtree Rd., West Green, Living Worship - part two Rob Warner Crawley, Sussex. RHll 7HL. Reviews The Mainstream Newsletter Is. designed to encourage life and Hosea D.A. Hubbard growth among churches within the Baptist Union. On the What About Other Faiths? M. Goldsmith understanding that contributors are In sympathy with this aim, they have full liberty of expression. Views contained In the Deeper Life A.lsaacson newsletter are those of Individual contributors and do not The Authority of Scripture A. Rigden Green necessarily reflect the opinions of the Mainstream executive. The Hot Line P. Lawrence "The World by 2000" - At what cost? willing for both themselves and their children? How simply are missionary families prepared to live? In a tin-roofed little house on the edge of the Sahara with temperatures reaching over 120 degrees Fahrenheit? Far from the conveniences of educa­ tion and companionship of children of the same We can be encouraged about the expan­ culture? Willingness for long separations of hus­ sion of the Kingdom of God. For the first time in band and wife, parents and children for the sake history the possibility exists that our generation of the gospel? Are we going to find enough could see the completion of world evangelization. pioneers prepared for the mental anguish that Christian strategists speak of "closure", (the job comes from seeing our fam illes suffering because done), and "the World by 2000". of the calling God has given? We need to define what we mean, and do I am not speaking against marriage and it with the clear instructions of the Lord Jesus. family life on the mission field, nor do I agree with These are: the principle that we sacrifice our families for the 1) The evangelizing commission - everyone on ministry. But If we are going to see the world earth should have the opportunity to hear the evangelized, the will of God must come first what­ gospel (Mark 16:15,16). ever the implications for us, our comfort, or our 2) The discipling commission - every ethnic group loved ones. Yet wonderfully, God's will encompas­ should have redeemed representatives to stand ses these, tool before the Throne of the Lamb (Matthew 28:18-20). We are the "instant" generation. We look 3) The teaching commission - the whole counsel of for quick solutions. Yet for his three years of minis­ God should be taught to all peoples (Lk. 24:45-49). try, the Lord Jesus had to earn the right in 30 years This does not mean that all will be con­ of manhood. Without some being incarnated into verted or that the majority of any ethnic group has other cultures and becoming as one of them, how to be discipled before the task is done. Though we will we earn the right to communicate the good want to win as many and win them as thoroughly news? as possiblel It takes time - from seven to 10 years - for a However, I have a deep concern. The missionary to begin to flow smoothly In a new remaining unreached peoples of the world are culture. Some never last that long: others never progressively harder to reach; the political. cultural, make it in more years. Sacrificing our way of religious and spiritual barriers to be surmounted are doing, being and living is hard. ever more difficult. Are we willing to pay the cost How can one survive the smell of black of closure, the price of penetration? Can we beans, dried fish or kimchee, or live with different avoid the cross? cultural values for cleanliness, time, money, leader­ The Scriptures are full of references to the ship expectations and methods of resolution of need for pruning, crossbearing, weeping and conflict? Yet if we are not willing to make a go of suffering as the normal lot for the harvesters. The this, how can we claim that the gospel is the Lord Jesus Christ Himself "for the joy that was set power of God unto salvation for all races? We before Him endured the cross". Can we be any must be a living demonstration of the unifying different than the Master? power of the gospel. There is a basic denial of self and willingness Praise God, we are actually speaking of to embrace all the implications of discipleship finishing the task. It could happen; but my plea is which flies right in the face of our 20th century that we be realistic about what it could cost me. culture. Unless we are willing for this, we will never We will never reach our goal without a concerted get the job done. mobilization of the people of God around the Why Is it that so many missionaries have a world and on an unprecedented scale. May we useful beginning, go for further missiological train­ go right against the selfish, materialistic culture so ing, but then never get back to their pioneer prevalent in the West, and increasing in other situations to apply what they learned? Why is it continents, and be willing for the price that must that we have such a short-term mentality - of trying be paid if the world is to be finally evangelized I it for a bit, and if it does not work out, try another Patrick Johnstone career? Where has that lifetime commitment Patrlck Johnstone Is deputy International director and director gone? of research for WEC International, England, and author of "Operation World", a statistical resource for Christians. Con­ The new generation of first-term missionaries densed from "World Evangelization" magazine, May-June 1989. is more likely to go to the field married. Are such Used by permission. 2 "Everywhere I go I find people hungering and thirsting for a deeper spiritual life but not knowing where to turn. These are good people who long to be free from destructive habit patterns, who learn to draw close to the heart of God, and who thirst for the intimacy of true prayer.· For eighteen months Richard Foster stopped preaching and writing to concentrate on listening to God. Out of that reflection has sprung the Renovare movement, which seeks a wholesome spiritual renewal, integrating the insights of five key traditions: the contemplative, the holiness, the charismatic, the social justice and the evangelical.
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