In my background as a youth worker, I had heard a lot about "incarnational ministry. The idea goes something like this: Jesus chose to come and be among His people to care for them and to save them, and He did so by becoming a man. It follows that ministry done in Jesus' name shouldn't be from a distance, but should be at the heart of culture, in communities where people live, in the places where they hang out. We should live life with people. The wonderful Eden Project in Manchester is a great example of the incarnational approach: Team members have moved into the toughest places in town,
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