Lost in America

Was able to attend a seminar at Rainier View Christian Church last week entitled, "Lost in America", which is a book written by Tom Clegg. The book's focus is to help the church regain it's passion for evangelism, but in a relational way rather than in a programatic way. Clegg's argument is that the church has become irrelvant to our culture because it has programmed itself for the people who are already inside. Our programs keep our church members happy and busy and they eventually lose all contact with those outside of the church walls.

Clegg spent over ten years in Africa as a missionary and he brings that mindset with him to his new passion of planting churches in the United States. He contends that if the church is to be effective, then it must become missionary minded. The United States is no longer a Christian Nation. A quick quiz below will help illustrate this fact.

1. What country has the Christian church with the largest attendance in the world?

2. What is the dominant religion in that country?

3. What is the location of the world's second-largest Christian church?

4. What is the dominant religion in that country?

5. In what country do you think the world's largest Buddhist temple is located?

6. Where is the world's largest Muslim training center?

7. What country has the world's largest Jewish population?

8. Which country has the 8th largest Hindu population?

9. Where is the world's largest training center for Transcendental Meditation?

(Answers Below)

1. Korea
2. Buddhist
3. Nigeria
4. Islam
5. USA - Boulder, CO
6. USA - New York, NY
7. USA
8. USA
9. USA - Fairfield, IA

In the Great Commission, Christ told His disciples to "Go into all the world"... today the world is coming to us and we need to be ready with the gospel of Christ.