This is part of a piece written by Tim Keller, a pastor in New York City whom I learn from. I have cut out part of his larger article, but all of it is really good. I'll send it to you if you want to read it. The Need for a 'Missional' Church by TIM KELLER June 2001. In the West for nearly 1,000 years, the relationship of (Anglo-European) Christian churches to the broader culture was a relationship known as "Christendom." The institutions of society "Christianized" people, and stigmatized non-Christian belief and behavior. Though people were "Christianized" by the culture, they were not regenerated or converted with the Gospel. The church's job was then to challenge persons into a vital, living relation with Christ. The decline of Christendom has accelerated greatly since the end of WWII. The British missionary Lesslie Newbigin went to India around 1950. There he was involved with a church living 'in mission' in a very