Whether we know the word or not, the impact of this trend poses a significant challenge to our congregations and our church workers. As Christians, we need to be aware of the movements and trends in our society.
Postmodernism is perhaps the most significant trend facing the church today.
Postmodernism is a cultural force and societal trend that leads many people to believe that there is no objective truth, no sure and certain right and wrong, no way of ever being sure about anything, other than what brings personal pleasure and appeals to one's personal interests and tastes. In the eighteenth century, the Enlightenment, along with its rationalism, virtually destroyed Biblical Christianity in most European nations. Along with romanticism, there developed scientific materialism, the view that all of history is a natural playing out of the forces of nature. Postmodernism describes a new approach to questions of truth. Unfortunately, postmodernism is not the solution to rationalism.