Posted by Helen on: 03.27.2007 /
In his article What Lessons Can Progressives Learn from Evangelicals? Zack Exley writes:
Bell and Claiborne are two of the better-known young voices of a broad, explicitly nonviolent, anti-imperialist and anticapitalist theology that is surging at the heart of white, suburban Evangelical Christianity. I first saw this movement at a local, conservative, nondenominational church in North Carolina where the pastor preached a sermon called “Two Fists in the Face of Empire.” Looking further, I found a movement whose book sales tower over their secular progressive counterparts in Amazon rankings; whose sermon podcasts reach thousands of listeners each week; and whose messages, in one form or another, reach millions of churchgoers. Bell alone preaches to more than 10,000 people every Sunday, with more than 50,000 listening in online.
[...] George Barna, who studies trends among Christians for clients such as the Billy Graham Evangelical Association and Focus on the Family, calls it simply “The Revolution” and its adherents “Revolutionaries.”
Comment by: Rachel
1 03/27/07 7:43 AM | Comment Link |Thank you so much for posting that article, Helen! That was so encouraging!
Comment by: April Terry
2 03/27/07 10:10 AM | Comment Link |That was a powerful article. I am glad that I took the time to read it.
Since our ministry is something that is really very similar to the house church, my spirit resonates with the idea of Christianity getting back to its roots.
Comment by: Mike Clawson
3 03/27/07 8:55 PM | Comment Link |He does a good job of capturing this movement that I’m proud to be a part of myself.
Viva la Revolution!