Comments on: Soong-Chan Rah – White Captivity of the Church Pt 1

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By: Soong Chan Rah: Is the Church Racist? « zoecarnate

Soong Chan Rah: Is the Church Racist? « zoecarnate — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:44:42 +0000

[...] Soong Chan Rah: Is the Church Racist? Published February 28, 2010 Faith , Theology Leave a Comment Tags: racism, Soong Chan Rah, Spencer Burke, The Next Evangelicalism Does evangelicalism marginalize black, Native American, Latino, and Asian voices? Well, what do you think? Spencer Burke interviews Soong Chan Rah about his controversial book, The Next Evangelicalism: Freeing the Church from Western Cultural Captivity. Show notes here. [...]

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By: Freeing the Emerging Christian Movement from White Captivity | Faith in Action

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:17:01 +0000

[...] this reason I truly appreciate the interview Ooze TV conducted featuring Soong-Chah Rah who speaks specifically about freeing the church from White captivity. I will soon add his book, [...]

By: Rich Corkery

Rich Corkery — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 04:38:50 +0000

Spencer thanks for all the work you are doing to bring a different perspective on faith in Jesus. I am not a progressive but value the “angles” you frame on the web site and through this 2.0 format. I would like to offer my opinion on the Soong-Chan Rah interview. To me it seems that he is not really offering anything other than a twist of the kaleidoscope. He thinks that white Christianity is declining and that it has held too much of a dominant perspective on what we define is normative. Fair enough. However, form the interview at least, the only fix he is offering is a differing perspective. Nothing that is inherently Jesus driven. He would obviously disagree…but to simply swap preferred ethnic orientations because it better suits the audience seems to violate the purpose driven life principle (its not about you). Hopefully, even though that line was written by a white guy, the principle won’t be dismissed. I am not familiar with Soong-Chan Rah’s work (thus exposing my paleness) and will assume that he is doing great things for God personally. However, it seems to me that he is actually advocating something that is not terribly persuasive to his cause. It will only appeal to a mentality that wants things his way. It simply advocates preference. This has obliviously been a perpetually debated assumption since The Bridges of God was published. While Soong-Chan Rah might not formally align with the homogeneous unit principle he is essentially advocating the “heads” side of the quarter while Mcgarvan is arguing the “tails” side.
In any case they are both describing a quarter. However true this sociological principle is, it does not seem to answer the riddle that the Bible begs…how do we get cultures to integrate rather than splinter into preferred explanations that satisfy our ethnocentric tendencies? So I am not persuaded by Soong-Chan Rah’s assumptions while I believe Mcgarvan is right. How can this be? Soong-Chan Rah seems to be arguing from a individualistic perspective (which oddly enough is extremely male and Western) while Mcgarvan is actually arguing form a collective perspective (how do people groups convert). Ultimately I think the better question we should be asking is “what is the Father doing?” Our plea should be….”Can we help you do it God?” We don’t need to add anymore niche thinking to our theological orientation. We need to be led by the Holy Spirit to discern God’s plan…because it is what is moving forward as we debate human inspired method.

By: Soong-Chan Rah – White Captivity of the Church Pt 2 | :: TheOoze.TV :: Emerging Church Video Podcast

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:42:28 +0000

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