We explore three models for answering that question, and the ecclesiology that results. As a case study, Packiam draws from his experience at his own non-denominational, evangelical mega-church, whose mantra was once, “Reach the lost at any cost,” but is now changing the shape of its liturgy—and with it, its ecclesiology.
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