Also they suggest the 20th century ended around 1989 with the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe and the advent of rapidly accelerating societal change worldwide. It is not that change is new but that the rate of change is unprecedented. More changes have occurred in the past 94 years than in the previous 2,000 years. This rate of change is like a large truck that has been increasing speed on a level surface. It comes to a downhill stretch that is so long and steep that the bottom cannot be seen.
Every mile doubles the speed traveled the mile before.
This series of articles is a simple attempt to understand how to approach Christian ministry amid rapid changes in culture, particularly North American culture. Some Christians prefer to ignore these changes. They assume that ignoring them will make them go away. They hope that tomorrow will turn out to be yesterday. Tragically, they continue to minister in the 21st century as if they were in the 19th century.