Ronald Reagan said, “Freedom… is never more than one generation away from extinction.”1 Christians have extrapolated that truth to say, “The Church is never more than one generation away from extinction....

A lot of the early “Jesus People”—think California in the late sixties—looked like the hippies they had been. Their dress and appearance were “countercultural”—sandals, patched bell bottoms, peasant shirts, beads, flowers, and long hair. They were “Jesus Freaks,” a label they wore proudly....