Sold-Out Wisdom Conversations Community Event Presented by 大学的基石 Spurs Audience Toward Boldness in Christ

10月星期四. 5, 生肖买马网站迎来近1名学生,000 attendees for its fourth signature Wisdom Conversations community event. Entitled “Christianity in America: Declining Toward Insignifiance or Resurging Toward Revival?” Dr. Gerson Moreno-Riano, Cornerstone总裁, moderated the two-hour panel discussion featuring three nationally acclaimed guest experts: 埃里克·迈塔克瑟白兰地， a否. 《生肖买马网站》畅销书作家, 演讲者, 全国广播电台主持人和《生肖买马网站》的创始人; 塔拉·贝丝·利奇, an author and writer for Missio Alliance; and Derryk绿色他是政治评论员、作家，也是“21世纪计划”的成员. 在一起, they earnestly examined the state of the Christian church in the present historical moment and shared evidence that gave them hope for the future of the church.

作为这次谈话的开场白. Moreno-Riaño cited numerous data points demonstrating shifts in the Christian population in America. In particular, he noted two startling trends published by the Pew Research Center:

• The number of Christians has declined by 12 percentage points over a decade, and the population of “nones” — individuals who identify as religiously unaffiliated — increased by almost 10 percentage points during the same time period (皮尤研究中心，10月. 17, 2019).
• Some forecasts indicated that the Christian population is projected to decline from 64% to 35% of all Americans by 2070 (皮尤研究中心，9月. 13, 2022).

In contrast to this data and brief remarks on two potential causes — including individuals making the decision to switch faith traditions and a lack of emphasis on the transmission of faith beliefs to children and young adults, Dr. Moreno-Riaño asked the audience to consider if the country will see a renewal of faith. 今年至今, the nation has witnessed a number of recent events which point toward revival such as the Asbury Outpouring, the celebration of the 200th Collegiate Day of Prayer and more than 200 young adult baptisms at the University of Auburn.

为了晚上的广泛对话, each panelist provided specialized knowledge in subject areas ranging from religious history and church leadership to spiritual formation and discipleship. The specific topics examined included the crucial role of the family unit and community in faith formation; the long-term effects of syncretism as a worldview; the need for increasing Biblical literacy among lay people; the role of adaptation and relevance in relation to the church; various approaches toward involvement in politics without the idolization of politics; and the available opportunities for more synergy between the work of Biblically based educational institutions and the missional focus of the local church.

在整个谈话的关键时刻, Metaxas compared the German church of the 1930s and the American church today, charging listeners to embody Biblical truth and clearly communicate its countercultural tenets in every aspect of their lives.

“If you don’t live out your faith, it means you don’t believe,” Metaxas stated. “I think we have been fooled by the enemy into just having this cerebral faith which is actually no faith. You have to live out your faith in every sphere, and you will bring it to every institution. 如果你是一个信徒, you’ll speak against corruption and against lying and against anything that is not of God. 那是你的工作.”

When the discussion considered the involvement of Christians in politics, Leach challenged attendees toward lives as engaged citizens with recognition of their true source of citizenship.

“我们必须把王国神学搞清楚. And I think that a lot of the issues that we are seeing today is that our kingdom theology is slightly out of whack in that the kingdom of God is an alternative society,里奇评论道。. “我们都是王国的公民，只有一个国王. And the kingdom of God is in us as it is in heaven — that’s the calling. 我认为在这条线上的某个地方, we got the idea that the kingdom of God can only be legislated, 我们把它弄反了.”

在关闭, 绿色, 以及他的小组成员, implored the audience to live lives of boldness as Christ followers.

“As Christians, we have to get a little bit more bolder,” 绿色 said. “We should defend the faith because … it’s true, it’s right, it’s in God’s Word. 没有什么能把它带走.”

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