Tony Wolfe

"The fundamental problem in the evangelical world today is that God rests too inconsequentially upon the church. His truth is too distant, his grace is too ordinary, his judgment is too benign, his gospel is too easy, and his Christ is too common."

David F. Wells, *God in the Wasteland* (1994)

Church Beyond the Times

I encourage you to embrace the strange glory of a church always out of place and ever beyond the times. Be contemporarily relevant where you can. Minister within the world you have inherited. But refuse to sacrifice the church’s peculiar glory on the altar of a culture’s temporary trends. ...

Church Beyond the Times In church revitalization leadership, embrace the strange glory of a church always out of place and ever beyond the times.

I’m thankful for an Executive Board that is not only committed and engaged, but is believing God for big things. The opportunities before SCBaptists in this generation are inspiring. May God show us favor!