The fact that a congress on evangelism has on its agenda the subject of the social responsibility of the church is a sign of Christian maturity. It indicates a healthy change of attitude in evangelical ranks.
The time is ripe for the formation of hundreds of new urban churches in Latin America because (1) mass evangelism is making a great impact, and (2) newcomers to the city are open to receive religious teaching. What is needed is an approach that meets their needs and circumstances.
Illiteracy has always been a problem for evangelical Christians. Their fervent desire that all people everywhere read the Bible makes them sensitive to this. That is why long before governments began to be concerned about illiteracy, or UNESCO was created, evangelicals were doing something about it.
There is no doubt after the Latin American Congress on Evangelism held in Bogota, Colombia that conservative evangelicals represent the overwhelming majority of Protestants in the southern hemisphere. Radical and secular theologians were conspicuous by their absence.
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