The 21^st Century church in Europe is no longer a snapshot of black and white on paper, it’s not even a buy one get one print free deal. The 21^st Century Church is a cinematic extravaganza that blows people’s minds away just like it did on the day of Pentecost.

The 21st Century Church is not mono chrome its techno color, its 3D, full graphic 128 bit color. 21^st Century church is extreme sports not golf, its MTV not Songs of Praise.

The 21st Century church in Europe is visual, ocular, explicit, and more than realistic. It’s no longer the pulpit or the alter in the sanctuary it is now the catwalk, the big screen and the main stages of society. The church is no longer hidden in obscurity but now out and shining, going public on the front pages of the press.

The 21^st century church is no longer liturgical and ritualistic but overflowing with creativity, innovation and passion! The 21st Century church is alive, adaptable, edible, touchable and flexible! It is original, imaginative, inspiring, artistic, inventive and resourceful. It is ingenious, clever and resourceful. It is relentless in hearing the heartbeat of a culture and doing all it can to touch that world.

The 21^st Century Church is loud, dynamic, vibrant and full of vocal passion, it not just stereo but defined, Spirit enabled, spirit impacting vivid Dolby digital surround sound with heart thrumming THX technology.

The 21^st Century church is not a devotional, internally looking community with monastic

tendency desperately afraid or suspicious of today’s culture but an incredible externally focused agency seeking and finding Christian resonance in the most remarkable of places.

I close with this, Paul the Apostle was an expert at touching his world and he said these words; 1 Corinthians 9:22-23, “To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some. I do all this for the sake of the gospel that I may share in its blessings.”

The church in Europe is alive an well. The church in Europe is growing; numerically, in influence and is beginning to impact culture, business, the arts and education.

The church in Europe is alive! I can hear the sound of a generation rising!