The Green Room carries the second installment of my new series on how to move forward from our three inadequate models of the kingdom of God. I write about “dominance” model churches:
These churches care a lot about justice, and – just as important – they have a theologically informed understanding of what justice is and requires. Fortification and accommodation churches should consider how dominance churches, alone of the three types, have to some extent successfully resisted the relentless individualization of advanced modern culture, treating people as members of their communities rather than as isolated, self-oriented individuals.
Next time, how dominance churches can find first steps to growing beyond dominance.