Albert Hsu–IVP editor and author of the new book The Suburban Christian–has a blog by the same title. On the blog he writes:
“Suburbia can be a challenging environment for Christian life and ministry precisely because people’s spiritual needs are not always immediately apparent, and the forces at work are much more subtle, often invisible and attitudinal rather than structural. I remember back when I was a kid, during the Cold War ’80s, people worried about Soviet communism threatening Christianity. And I thought, never mind communism – our Christianity is already being challenged by suburban secularism, deism, isolationism, materialism and consumerism. We just have a harder time noticing those things. Which means that suburbia needs savvy suburban Christians who will think missionally and herald the gospel and presence of the kingdom of God in ways that connect with suburban people.”
