So what does all this mean?

Our world is moving fast...very fast. How do we ever keep up? Are we even supposed too?
What are the implications of all this for the future of the Church in Australia...the future of the church in the West for that matter?

I think we need to take all this seriously and ask the question posed in the this video (thanks to those who produced it)...So whatt does it all mean? Perhaps it is necessary to begin to 'think tank' all this in our churches.

I was reading a book last night from Soong-Chan Rah called 'The Next Evangelicalism'. In this book he points out that global Christianity is shifting away from the West to the South and the East. He highlights that while some parts of Western Christianity are in decline others are experiencing transformation growth as a result of increasing globalization...Spiritual renewal is happening on corners and margins not always noticed by those in the centre.

Would we do well here in Australia to heed the words of Rah and escape our captivity to Western Cultural trappings such as Individualism, Hyper-Reality, Materialism & Consumerism also... and to embrace a more multi-ethnic evangelicalism and one that is content to live as well on water as on wine.

Rah, S.C. The Next Evangelicalism. IVP:Illinois (2009)
I first saw this video at a SABU Assembly in October.