The Dawkins and Harris New Atheist message has dramatically declined in credibility in the last few years. This leaves plenty of people with an openness to religious answers to some big, life, death and the universe questions to which they thought they had an answer. There are also many within the church who are wrestling with questions bigger than the average church is prepared to answer.
An “Estuary” is where the church “river” mingles with the secular “sea” to create an interesting ecosystem. It’s a high risk – but potentially high reward – strategy for engaging both these groups by providing a space for them to explore questions together in good faith.
We have the opportunity to listen to two Christian Reformed Church pastors from America who have worked with this model on-line and in person for several years and are keen to share their experience in UK.
The Pheasant Inn 19 Salt Ln, Salisbury SP1 1DT, United Kingdom