Ideos Journal
AN IDEOS INSTITUTE PUBLICATION
The Ideos Journal is a collection of articles, editorials, and commentary that explores topics related to Empathic Intelligence and its application to social, civic, and public life. Journal content and subject matter focus on topics such as spiritual formation, empathic intelligence, reconciliation, social cohesion, and human flourishing
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Empathic Wisdom Series, Week 4: A Modest Recommendation for Radical Transformation
The evangelical church in America, especially over the past 75 years, has intentionally been built on homogenous growth principles. Popularized by the first wave of megachurch pastors and church growth experts, these principles encouraged churches to move out of urban centers into the suburbs, and to create cultures that were attractive to the growing middle class. Whatever the motives, the dominant form of evangelical church became large, majority white, and wealthy. There have been a host of unintended theological and missional consequences to this new reality. Some of these changes show up significantly and clearly when it comes to ethical questions around social issues that affect non-white populations in higher percentages.