But it sure is helpful to have a few bright people who can explain the change. Eddie Gibbs, an Anglican priest and professor of church growth at Fuller Theological Seminary , is one such person. This is where Gibbs is helpful. He provides an orderly and challenging treatise intent on helping churches transition to the present reality. This is the kind of book that a church council, session, or vestry can read together and discuss.
Postmodernism is an elephant-sized topic.
Gibbs limits himself to discussing areas which have immediate implications for the church. It is about helping the church deal with the change. Gibbs talks about the importance of engaging the present if the church is going to fulfill its mission. What this means, though, is quite different than what it meant to people in traditional American culture or even the modern culture of the Baby Boomer generation. According to Gibbs it means moving away from the market-driven approach of the previous three decades toward something more missional.