The Domestic Captivity of the Church

Why do churches easily distance themselves from issues of work, politics and ideas? Why do churches focus on ‘family values’?
Why are churches better at evangelising families and friends than evangelising the wider society and nation?
Why do churches flourish in the suburbs, and find ministry and witness in the city or the work-place more difficult?
Why do people find that they are living in two different worlds, and find it hard to make links between the two?
Why is child-care an increasingly difficult issue for our society?

Peter Adam looks at the answer to these questions and what we should do.

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