In the American captivity of the Evangelical Church, every local body of believers, aka the local church, needs, apparently, a unique mission statement, like our secular, business and consumer oriented, culture. Like a local business or a major corporation has a mission statement, slogan, or defining purpose, the Evangelical church is told it needs the…
What if Jesus Christ, the Son of God, had a brand? Or a mascot? Or, jingle? Sounds ludicrous. Right? Most would find that weird. Or maybe not. Many churches in modern American Evangelical Christianity (AEC) don’t find it weird or unusual, but necessary.
The American Captivity of the Church is a series of essays about the American Evangelical Christendom’s capitulation and captivity to American ideology, politics, and culture in Christian faith (theology and beliefs) and Christian practice (theological praxis behavior and ethics).