Timothy C. Tennent, president of Asbury Theological Seminary, recently welcomed incoming seminary students by saying, “Welcome to life on the fastest growing mission field in the world: North America.”1 Churches in North America and Europe are now witnessing a growing number of people who are radically unchurched.2 In the United States alone, there are around 180 million who have no connection to a local church, making it one of the fastest growing mission fields in the Western Hemisphere.3 It is estimated that six hundred and sixty to seven hundred thousand people leave the traditional church
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