Christians Find Their Voice Tackling Global Issues

Could the so-called death of traditional Christian America in fact be a good thing ... for Christians? Young Christian activists who are calling for a renewal of their faith seem to think so.

Young Christians recently met at the Q conference in Chicago to talk about the future of their faith.

"There's a new generation of Christians who are engaging the world in a different way, largely driven by the fact that we're in a different context than many Christians have had to live in, in quite some time," said Gabe Lyons, founder of Q. The website acts as a forum for people to come together and explore ideas about Christianity's role in a modern cultural context.

"Christianity, historically, has grown when it's been under pressure, when it's not been in this dominant power position," he said. "And so it's not a bad thing for us to be in a place where it's not just assumed that everyone's a Christian. It forces us to go deeper, it forces us to back to our roots."

In what some are calling "post-Evangelicalism," a revised Christian mentality is making its way into the public forum.

mrhenry's analysis:
Stay far, far away from any movement that seeks to depart from traditional Christianity in some foolish attempt to be more "relevant" to the world. We are called out from the world... to shine our light in the darkness. I saw this story on the evening news and there was not a single mention of Christ, salvation, turning from sin, or any thing other than policital/soclial activism. ABC may have edited the interview to present it in a certain way (which is common). They did mention that the Church tends to grow when it's "under pressure", but this really seems more of a humanitarian style of Christianity than what is presented in the Bible. I'm not judging their motives, but these types of movements, while having good intentions, can miss the mark entirely.