Gospel.com Topics Feed - Contextual 2010-08-08T05:52:16-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/contextual/ Defining Christian web pages on the X Spectrum Scale - a diagnostic tool for outreach http://internetevangelismday.com/x-spectrum.php 2010-08-08T05:52:16-05:00 In the missions world of church-planting, a helpful C1-C6 spectrum has been devised to define the degree of contextualization that a church is using in relation to the culture surrounding it. The concept has been developed by strategists John Travis, Phil Parshall and others. In conjuction with Create International, we propose a similar categorization of X1-X6 to define the conteXtual positioning of Christian websites (and indeed other media – radio, video, and literature). Lausanne World Pulse - What Does It Mean to Be the Church in Specific Cultures? http://lausanneworldpulse.com/themedarticles.php/896/02-2008?pg=all 2008-04-10T15:17:14-05:00 The Church has a word for the world about our Lord Jesus Christ; however, we must work on making it contextually relevant and culturally comprehensible