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HOMOGENEITY

"Birds of a feather," the saying goes, "flock together." Not exactly Scripture, but nonetheless is deeply ingrained in the philosophy of the Church Growth Movement.

No doubt, the principle works, but is pragmatism the ultimate test? Can a church "target" one group and ignore another?

Homogeneity doesn't have to be drawn along sociographic or demographic lines. Why not just target sinners as a group?

In his book, In Search of Authentic Faith, Steve Rabey wrote:

"While we should thank God for the men and women who are doing subcultural ministry with people who have been ignored or marginalized by the mainstream church, their work also raises questions about growing divisions in the body of Christ. What, for example, would the apostle Paul make of it all? What would subcultural ministry look like to the man who told the Galatian believers, 'There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus" (Galatians 3:28)?'"

—In Search of Authentic Faith, p. 67 Illustration by Jim L. Wilson

Rabey interjects a new question, not does it work, but is it Biblical? A question the church must wrestle with and submit to.

For more information on In Search of Authentic Faith, go to http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1578563194/fm082-20