The Myth of Christian Europe

I've never felt totally comfortable with the title "missionary," for several reasons. But it gets even more uncomfortable when I tell people that I'm a missionary in Europe. "What?" the look on peoples' faces say. "I thought missionaries went to really uncomfortable, tropical places where there's a risk of getting some life-threatening disease or being attacked by jungle natives and freaky insects?" Some even actually respond, "I thought Europe was already Christian/reached," (reached - now there's an interesting term in Evangelical circles) or "It's their own fault over there in Europe."

Well, I have thoughts on each of those responses, which I believe stem from serious theological and practical misunderstandings. But for now I'll point you to Phil's brief blog post about the spiritual condition of Europe.

Categories: Europe, mission