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The future of the rural church: perspectives on rural evangelism in a German context.
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International Review of Mission
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July 1, 2007
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"Let the church be in the village!" That is a common saying in German, and one that indicates that no longer can it be taken for granted that every village will have its own church. Another German sating is used to describe a person who proposes something very arbitrary or comes up with a vague or farfetched idea, Such a person is accused of "not leaving the church in the village", i.e. not keeping together what essentially was and always will be kept together, which is symbolized by the village and the church.
"Is the church staying in the village?" This is the concerned question that has been asked in Germany during the last twenty years or so. For generations, people in ...
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