According to Kevin Smith, senior pastor of New City Fellowship in Chattanooga, Tennessee, there’s been a growing concern in the PCA for how we might reach those who don’t look like us, who come from diverse backgrounds, and have dissimilar histories. In 1 Corinthians 9, Smith says, the Apostle Paul not only gives us a blueprint for the task, he issues a tacit challenge: Are we willing to become all things to all people that we might save some?

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