Part 1 of 5 – Interview with Dr. Soong-Chan Rah
In this part Dr. Rah shares…
- his background and ministry experience
- about individualism, consumerism, and racism in America
- his advice for someone seeking to start a multi-ethnic church
- About the importance of racially-reconciled communities that exhibit racial justice
Watch the rest of this video… Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5.
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A brief summary
ReNew staff members Michaela Gregory and Chad Brennan interview Dr. Soong-Chan Rah regarding his new book The Next Evangelicalism which was released in April 2009. For more information about the book and to read an excerpt visit: http://thenewculture.org/books/next-rah Total length of the interview is 40 minutes.
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Dr. Rah really hits at the heart of things when he talks about confronting the issues of superficiality in the church. It is something we have proved really good at, but that will totally undermine real reconciliation and healthy, biblical multi-ethnic, multi-cultural, multi-class churches. We’re wrestling with this in our community because it is so hard, especially for us white folks, to even acknowledge something outside of our individual experience and intention. I haven’t listened to the other interviews yet, but if they are like the book I’m waiting for Dr. Rah to take off the kid gloves and do his prophetic tick-you-off-say-the-hard-thing-and-make-you-want-to-defend-yourself insights that demand a hard and painful look at what exactly in our understanding and practice of “doing church” is Bible and what is culture. If his insights are right, the depth of compromise and captivity is stunningly broad and deeply entrenched. Dr. Rah’s insights are not for the faint of heart or the those who want a menu of options to look good, but don’t want to do the hard work of confession, repentance, dialogue, and radical structural changes that are needed to walk a new way.