Article Title
When the Church was a Family: Revisioning Christian Community in Light of Ancient Social Values
Abstract
Some might attribute the relational crises characterizing our churches solely to individual sin and selfishness. Sin and selfishness, however, have been around since Adam. Why the radical increase in relational breakdown in our society and in our churches today? Something bigger is in the works, and it has to do with the unique orientation of modern Western culture, especially contemporary American society. Ours is a culture which insists to its own destruction that the dreams, goals, and personal fulfillment of the individual deserve a higher priority than the well-being of any group (natural family or church body) or relationship (friendship or marriage) in an individual’s life.
Recommended Citation
Hellerman, J. (2003). When the Church was a Family: Revisioning Christian Community in Light of Ancient Social Values. Journal of the American Society for Church Growth, 14(3), 19-37. Retrieved from https://place.asburyseminary.edu/jascg/vol14/iss3/3
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