he will need to read that preexisting culture to understand it and impact it. We call it exegeting the culture. Just as we exegete the Scriptures to understand what they mean, so we must exegete the church to understand its culture and ultimately lead it to change and re-envision itself. In this situation pastors function not as cultural custodians but as culture sculptors. They aren’t there to simply maintain the preexisting culture but to shape and change it for the better.
Pastors have to exegete the culture of the church, then find ways to reshape the culture
