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Phil Cooke Quaffable Quote

"When missionaries approach a cannibal tribe, they don't protest outside the village, call them names, put an ad in the paper, or complain that they eat people. Missionaries develop a relationship with the tribe, earn their trust, and become part of the community. Once they do that, the tribe is far more open to listening to their message."

4 comments:

  backyardmissionary

3:30 pm

Ah yes, but if you do that then they might eat you!

Which explains of course why he made the statement.

Thankfully we are moving beyond adversarial evangelism

  Mark Edwards

3:55 pm

Phil was talking in the context of right wing christians who are pushing their Christian agenda in the media....but by itself I liked this quote

  backyardmissionary

6:08 pm

interesting how context actually changes the vibe of the comment a bit

it is still valid either way, but i can see how it would apply so much more in that context

  Mark Edwards

6:32 pm

http://www.philcooke.com/confronting_culture

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