Where is evangelical Christianity today?
I think this is the single most exciting era for evangelicals in the last 100 years. And we’re just at the front end of an explosion curve. We are going to see more examples of thriving ministries in the next five to ten years than we’ve ever seen before. Q: What impact will the growing clout of evangelicals have on the U.S.? A: I have great hopes that we will do even better in the future in regard to serving the poor, bridging the racial divide, engaging in the AIDS crisis, and taking a stand for the oppressed. Community engagement will rise to a higher level than it has in the past. Q: You and many other evangelical pastors are using business techniques to help grow your churches. How does that square with Christianity, which has at times been skeptical of wealth and capitalism? A: Most evangelicals who are of the entrepreneurial bent see their risk-taking and experimentation with new ministry models as an appropriate response to the mandate of Scripture to go out and do what is nece
