McGavran's discussion of the pros and cons of Mission Stations is fascinating. I saw many correlations between both attraction-oriented congregations and in-the-world congregations. Perhaps the American Church follows McGavran's sequence of the life of a Mission Station. The American Church began as this bastion of Christianity certain to transform the world. Then, over time, as that didn't happen, the American Church has become more socially focused, be that politically, with regards to matters of justice, or otherwise, just as the Mission Stations built schools and hospitals and farms.
And now, the American Church is facing the same ineffectiveness of the 19th century mission station. What's next?
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