A friend forwarded this article by Michael Spencer at the Christian Science Monitor wrote an article titled, “The Coming Evangelical Collapse.” This is article is a great critique of the modern western evangelical movement and a pretty well thought out prediction about the future of this movement – only time will tell if he’s right.
He believes that the foundation of this evangelical failing will consist of the following:
- That the evangelicals have lost their credibility by tying their message to political poles.
- Our youth have not been introduced to their faith (although they have a great Christian subculture).
- Evangelical education has failed to counter secularism.
- Evangelical social agenda will compete with their faith and be valued above the faith.
- Money will disappear
He lists others but these are the primary reasons and reasons that I think are valid. He then goes on to list what will be left of the evangelical movement which is accurate if his foundation is solid. What he considers next is if this is a bad thing? Is the collapse of evangelicalism a bad thing at all? He and I part ways with this because I believe that evangelicalism is worth saving. Evangelicalism has at its core a belief that the most important part of Christianity is its spread. It has failed in the methods but its intent is right. Perhaps what we need is not a new movement, just a new expression.
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