I read the article w/ a similar discomfort, but I think he's right that certain people need to belong to affinity groups and the need for mother tongue churches is there.

having said that i've known too many people who took this "undiscriminatingly" (pun intended) and used it as an excuse to not be missionary but rather comfortably reside in what I call a "ghetto-ized" religious society. and I mean it when I use the word ghetto; thinking is small, worldview is small, and even tho these people are ready to engage the world they prefer to stay in the narrow-mindedness of their ethnic religious enclaves. there's nothing missional nor commendable about that.

I read the article w/ a similar discomfort, but I think he's right that certain people need to belong to affinity groups and the need for mother tongue churches is there.

having said that i've known too many people who took this "undiscriminatingly" (pun intended) and used it as an excuse to not be missionary but rather comfortably reside in what I call a "ghetto-ized" religious society. and I mean it when I use the word ghetto; thinking is small, worldview is small, and even tho these people are ready to engage the world they prefer to stay in the narrow-mindedness of their ethnic religious enclaves. there's nothing missional nor commendable about that.