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**__The Living Church__**
===The Living Church is, according to Stott, dying. The Church is loosing touch with western culture. Like society, the church must evolve as well in order to relate, help and minister to the people. The Church is charged with ministering to the people, and the church in America is loosing ground. Today's media, pop culture and common attitude puts religion in the background. It's as if it's okay to be a christian as long as you don't talk about it. Stott believes the church must find ways to influence culture and reach out to what George Barna would call "casual christians". Stott suggests eight ways in which the church must grow and evolve in order to make a strong comeback in this culture. His ways are Prayer, Evangelism, Example, Argument, Action and Suffering.===

__**Seven Faith Tribes**__
===Barna discusses what he sees as the fall of America. America as a nation is falling, mush like the Roman Empire, according to this book. There are several signs that a blantant in the out society which Barna says serves as warning signs. They are: the lack of a shared vision amonst the citizens, society's confusion regarding appropriate values for decision making, the elimination of a sense of common good, the deterioration of repectful dialgue and the fruitful exchange of ideas and finally, the abandonment of moral character and personal decency. Barna's "seven tribes" are seven faith groups present in America that make up the nations faithful.===