Nevertheless, our commitment to the authority of Scripture as an indispensable and reliable witness to God s will and his definitive revelation in Christ is a fundamental plank in historic Christianity. Let evangelicals, then, seek new partners in the vital struggle to share a common faith with our world. Let us be more open to those churches and groups whom up to now we have been suspicious of, and even hostile to. Let us display the humility we see in Christ. Second, we must seek to promote an effective evangelism rooted in the culture of those to whom we speak.
Churches die when they lose touch with the communities in which they are situated.
So I believe that one of the most important challenges is to seek new ways of understanding what makes our culture tick, what people believe and want most from life, what they fear most, and what they value most. That same majority still believes in God and prays. In spite of what may be believed, I do not spend all my time in churches. There is much in institutional religion that makes me impatient. The core of faith is not a matter of religious practices.