Jesus Creed Mall Christians
And so Smith argues, that our churches have to be places that re-story us, and that to do that they ought to use (innovatively) the resources of ancient Christian practices, like sacraments and confession or reciting the creeds.
He even goes so far to say, that if your church doesn’t help re-story you with some kind of sacramental/ancient-future liturgy then you ought to look for another church that does.
To be fair here, he has a generous view of what those types of churches can look like, but he believes that this is so important to Christian formation that if it is not happening at the church where you are, you need to go somewhere else.
His argument for everything, from how we do youth ministry (entertainment based) to how we think of evangelism (consumeristic), has centered around this idea that has been counter-intuitive for the past hundred years. It is the idea that it is the oddity of ancient Christian practices that can actually help form us, and attract unchurched people.
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