Comments on: Question Week: Do We Obsess Too Much About Details in Ministry? http://www.missionaryconfidential.com/question-week-do-we-obsess-too-much-about-details-in-ministry Life at the Intersection of Culture and Christianity Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:49:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: C. Holland http://www.missionaryconfidential.com/question-week-do-we-obsess-too-much-about-details-in-ministry/comment-page-1#comment-958 C. Holland Sat, 09 May 2009 18:57:13 +0000 http://www.missionaryconfidential.com/?p=306#comment-958 Hi Greg, one of the most painful things over here is to witness the "American" attitude in evangelicals, despite the fact that they are otherwise fiercely native and European. This is due to the majority of American missionaries that brought new church plants about a decade ago. Scarier still is the fact that they don't see how American the interpretation is and why other secular nationals are turned off by the attitude. I wish I could tell you the "prosperity" gospel wasn't rampant over here, but it is. Now we're dealing with relatively new Christians who bought into this and can't understand why they're losing a job in this economy despite "being good for God." Hard lessons are ahead. Hi Greg, one of the most painful things over here is to witness the “American” attitude in evangelicals, despite the fact that they are otherwise fiercely native and European. This is due to the majority of American missionaries that brought new church plants about a decade ago. Scarier still is the fact that they don’t see how American the interpretation is and why other secular nationals are turned off by the attitude.

I wish I could tell you the “prosperity” gospel wasn’t rampant over here, but it is. Now we’re dealing with relatively new Christians who bought into this and can’t understand why they’re losing a job in this economy despite “being good for God.” Hard lessons are ahead.

]]> By: Greg in Mexico http://www.missionaryconfidential.com/question-week-do-we-obsess-too-much-about-details-in-ministry/comment-page-1#comment-952 Greg in Mexico Sat, 09 May 2009 17:08:05 +0000 http://www.missionaryconfidential.com/?p=306#comment-952 I think the problem is that Western consumerist culture has turned the Messiah into a product to be marketed. ¢hri$t (tm) Don't even get me started on the "prosperity" gospel! So what happens when the ingenious Chinese, who copy, counterfeit & export everything from Gucci handbags to Cartier watches, get a hold of Christianity? Will they resell us a globalized, pirated version of Christianity? I think the problem is that Western consumerist culture has turned the Messiah into a product to be marketed. ¢hri$t ™ Don’t even get me started on the “prosperity” gospel!

So what happens when the ingenious Chinese, who copy, counterfeit & export everything from Gucci handbags to Cartier watches, get a hold of Christianity? Will they resell us a globalized, pirated version of Christianity?

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