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The Jumbo Jet Generation and beyond

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Skye Jethani writes another great post about his (and my) generation, which he is calling The Jumbo Jet Generation…

“What they fail to realize is that my generation is not rejecting orthodoxy. We are rejecting the false dichotomy that the American church has perpetuated for the last century. We refuse to believe that the gospel is either social or spiritual, eternal or temporal. Earlier generations of evangelicals were more interested in saving souls than seeking justice because a cup of cold water would be little comfort in the flames of hell. But my generation cannot shake the global perspective imprinted on our minds from our childhoods. The gospel, we believe, must have relevance for this world and not simply the next.“

– Skye Jethani
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What the American church should know

More from the e-mail files:

Ask yourself: Why are we less intentional about the gospel than our missionary friends overseas?

Does your first answer sound like excuse making? Mine sure does.

What do you think a group of missionaries would say if you asked them the question, “What 3 things do you think the churches in America need to know about missionary work?” Pastor Dave Hegg of Corona Evangelical Free Church in southern California asked this question to a group of American missionaries in Europe. Here’s the first thing these missionaries wanted the American church to know (and by “know,” they meant “understand” and “be devoted to” and “live”):

#1: We wish churches in America would do “church” the way we do missions.

Here’s what they meant: As missionaries, their focus is actually fairly simply. They plan their days, invest their energy, and focus their lives on this simple strategy. Make contact with unbelievers in the course of your everyday lives; invest time in turning contacts into friends; labor through the Word and prayer to see God transform friends into believers; teach and mold believers into disciples, who then start the cycle all over again, making contact with unbelievers in their world.”