Planting Churches among the City's Poor - Volume 1

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2. Seeks limited goods within the society of equality and fairness under the law, and does not focus (usually) on friendship but equal treatment

3. Appeals mainly to issues related to economic issues, distribution of wealth, and the overall benefits of society

4. May focus on establishing coalitions of people of different culture in order to sway the hand of government and society for equal and just treatment

5. Legislates its agenda, does not emphasize relationship

V. Celebrationism – Acknowledgment, Delight, Critique and Relationship – “Alongside”

A. Definition – Tendency to see all cultures as significant and unique, and intentionally celebrates the differences between cultures while 1) critiquing its immoral elements according to a biblical vision and, 2) arguing against exclusion and bigotry on the basis of the differences

B. Example – Martin Luther King, Jr.

C. Issues

1. Grounded in a Christian vision of God’s creation

2. Ethic of a Christian community, and its prophetic message

3. Affirms culture as a distinctly human phenomenon

4. Attaches no pejorative connotation to cultural identity or preference

See Targeting Unreached Groups in Churched Neighborhoods .