CPTJ Archive | Volume 10 – Essays on Hope
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Conversion to Christianity in the Post-Covid World: Dynamics of Personal Transformation and the Growing Desire for Hope
David s. Morlan
Abstract (from the Editorial of CPTJ vol. 10.2)
David Morlan directs our attention to the immediate context of the post-Covid world, offering a vision for the church’s mission of spiritual transformation. Morlan centers this vision in the dynamics of our larger culture and its impact on the church. The “Twittering Machine” has created a culture of narcissism, and the church has fallen into these narcissistic tendencies. To break out of the celebrity culture which has taken root in the church, Morlan calls us to be converted back to Christianity, to refocus on the proper mission of the church by emphasizing a non-manipulative evangelism that calls the church out of her self-focus. This focus on conversion is itself a means of conversion for the church, who will then be freed to pursue her hopeful mission.
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David Morlan is the Teaching Pastor at Fellowship Denver Church in Denver, CO. David holds a PhD in Theology and Religion from Durham University and is a member of the St. Anselm Fellowship of the Center for Pastor Theologians.
