-David Bunker
With Christendom essentially winding down in the US and officially over in Europe, the traditional and institutional church is dying and the contemporary and evangelical church is scrambling to adjust to emerging post modern cultures and generations.


The 3rd incarnation is arising that many are calling emerging and missional which is marked by the following traits:

  • Missions is every Christian being a missionary to their local culture
  • The church accepts that it is marginalized position in culture and holds no privileged position of influence but gains influence by serving the common good
  • The primary culture to reach is postmodern and pluralistic
  • Theology ranges from ancient orthodoxy to heterodox liberalism built on postmodern denials of true truth and known knowledge
  • Churches are the people who love Jesus and serve his mission in a local culture
  • Churches grow as Christians bring Jesus to lost people through hospitality
  • Community means the church is a counterculture with a new kingdom way of life though Jesus
  • Pastors need not be ordained or formally educated in theology and are trained in the church
  • Pastors are missiologists who train Christians to be effective missionaries
  • Lost people are saved by the Holy Spirit when and how He determines
  • Faith is lived publicly together as the church and includes all of life
  • Church buildings are sacred, as is all of God’s creation