Brandon O'Brien: How to Reach the West Again (A Crash Course)

Tim Keller’s Six Elements of a Missionary Encounter:

  • Christian High Theory - questioning of our culture’s claims to neutrality, objectivity, and universality - public engagement of the late modern secular view

  • Post-Christendom Evangelism Dynamic - equipping of lay people - a great variety of venues to help interested people through stages of “attraction,” “demonstration,” and “conviction.”

  • Category-defying Social Vision - based on the early church - ethnic diversity, caring for the poor, views on abortion, sexual ethics, being non-retaliatory

  • Counter-catechesis for a Digital Age - using Biblical doctrine to both deconstruct the beliefs of culture and answer questions of the human heart that culture’s narratives (though widely distributed via digital media) cannot - "You have heard it said ____, but I say ____.”

  • Faithful Presence in Public Spheres - Christians enter every field trying to be salt and light, trying to serve, and yet at the same time being true to their Christian faith. They’re faithful, which means they stay true to the Bible, but they’re present.

  • Grace to the Point - we must never lose the existential or doctrinal grasp of salvation by faith alone through grace alone because of Christ alone

Brandon O'Brien is senior director of content development and distribution for Redeemer City to City. Brandon's wife Amy was Minister of Christian Education at IPC from 2007 to 2013 (they attended 2006-2013). They live in Phoenix with their kids Jamie (9) and Eliza (7).

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