Gina Colvin

GINA COLVIN {[email protected]} is a lecturer a the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. She is the author of the blog KiwiMormon (http://www.patheos.com/blogs/ kiwimormon/) and also hosts the A Thoughtful Faith podcast (http:// www.athoughtfulfaith.org).

There’s No Such Thing as a Gospel Culture

Articles/Essays – Volume 50, No. 4

The Pauline image of the body of Christ provides us with a gorgeous image that every part of the Church as it is expressed through the diverse cultures abroad are vital for its proper functioning. Bonhoeffer enlivens this image by suggesting that “Christ exists as community,”and to my mind there is no one cultural community that is the vital organ for the whole body. Rather, the conditions for a living church are that all of its diverse parts are working, honored, and respected.