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Chap Clark, PhD Professor of Youth, Family and Culture Fuller Theological Seminary

Evangelism Re-envisioned: Rethinking our witness in a disinterested culture (Cascadia). Chap Clark, PhD Professor of Youth, Family and Culture Fuller Theological Seminary Twitter: chapclark. Evangelism Re-envisioned in Cascadia. The Context: Who is it we’re called to?.

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Chap Clark, PhD Professor of Youth, Family and Culture Fuller Theological Seminary

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  1. Evangelism Re-envisioned: Rethinking our witness in a disinterested culture (Cascadia) Chap Clark, PhD Professor of Youth, Family and Culture Fuller Theological Seminary Twitter: chapclark

  2. Evangelism Re-envisioned in Cascadia The Context: Who is it we’re called to? • Uniqueness of “none” Cascadians Patricia O'Connell, Professor of Religious Studies, Gonzaga • 1. High stock in individual freedoms • 2. Fiercely “independent” but “geographically” loyal • 3. Value space for movement, innovation • (anxiety about boundaries) • 4. They want to belong, but also leery of control • 5. “None” zone NOT “No” zone • 6. Hungry for meaning, depth (but nervous of us)

  3. Evangelism Re-envisioned in Cascadia The Context: Who is it we’re called to? • Uniqueness of “none” Cascadians • 6. Hungry for meaning, depth (but nervous of us) “As Pastor Ray Cannata has shown through his work with Redeemer Church in New Orleans, young people want something very traditional: geographically based community, otherwise known as a neighborhood.” Naomi Schaeffer Riley, Got Religion?: How churches, mosques and synagogues can bring young people back, 141.

  4. Evangelism Re-envisioned in Cascadia The Context: Who is it we’re called to? • Uniqueness of “none” Cascadians • 6. Hungry for meaning, depth (but nervous of us)

  5. Evangelism Re-envisioned in Cascadia The Current State of “Evangelism” in Cascadia • 1. Get the word out

  6. Evangelism Re-envisioned in Cascadia The Current State of “Evangelism” in Cascadia • 1. Get the word out • 2. Target the “friendly” • (“seeker”, disgruntled brethren)

  7. Evangelism Re-envisioned in Cascadia The Current State of “Evangelism” in Cascadia • 1. Get the word out • 2. Target the “friendly” • 3. Come to us!

  8. Re-envisioning Evangelism in Cascadia: St. Patrick as Model The Mission The Method

  9. Evangelism in Context: St. Patrick as Model The Mission Aligned next to and within a tribe (community) • Went in team, a dozen or so (John 13-15) • Encouraged friendship with people (1 Pet 3:15) • Primary initial mission to serve (Gal 5:6) • Looked for and responded to receptivity (Col 4:5) • Invited people to join before they came to faith • “astonishingly indigenous” • (Matt 11:28, “Come to me you who are weary…”)

  10. Evangelism in Context: St. Patrick as Model The Method A. Patrick’s Communicating the Gospel • Patrick engaged their emotional agenda (Acts 1:8) • Patrick convinced people they were loved(1 Pet 3:15) • Patrick helped them to use their faith as an outlet • for creative emotions and imagination (Ps 149:3) • 4. Addressed the “middle zone” of life • Celtic Christianity “addressed life as a whole…a folk (faith) of, by, and for the people developed”

  11. Evangelism in Context: St. Patrick as Model Evangelism Distinctives Roman/US Model Presentation Decision Inclusion, Fellowship Celtic/Cascadia Model Inclusion and fellowship Ministry and conversation Belief, invitation to commit

  12. Evangelism in Context: St. Patrick as Model Recognition that God has been at work • Honoring existing culture • We must be open to receiving new insights and illumination • Carefully discern what is eternal necessity and what is cultural

  13. Evangelism in Context: St. Patrick as Model • Presence, service, hospitality, and inclusion before people “join” “Today’s evangelism is being done in a society characterized by the secular/spiritual paradox. Many people are secular but influenced by the persuasive spirituality of society.” (Webber, 55)

  14. Re-envisioning Evangelism in Cascadia: Specific models and ideas Eugene Cho (Founder Quest Church, CT online 9/23/14) You suggest that working for justice is evangelism. What concerns you about the way Christians understand the relationship between justice and evangelism? “It’s important to speak to people who are apathetic about justice, but also to people who are saying, “Let’s stick with preaching Jesus.” Justice is part of the full scope of the gospel—it’s part of who Jesus is. Jesus’ words are more credible when his followers live them out, including God’s call to do justice, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with him.”

  15. Re-envisioning Evangelism in Cascadia: Specific models and ideas Eugene Cho – Work for justice is evangelism Examples of places we can come alongside: - Parents are worried and vulnerable (Mark 5, Jairus) - Families are disconnected and longing for support - Singles feel isolated – provide onramps for connection - Seniors are frightened, alone and wonder who cares

  16. Evangelism Re-envisioned: Rethinking our witness in a disinterested culture (Cascadia) Chap Clark, PhD Professor of Youth, Family and Culture Fuller Theological Seminary Twitter: chapclark

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