Match Correctly regarding the eight strategies of addressing congregational resistance and their meanings:

Question

-
Stand with the people under the word of God.

-
Re-contextualize the passage.

-
Start with the familiar and comfortable and move toward the unfamiliar.

-
Honour what people consider sacred and beautiful, and use it as a source of transformative powerd.

-
Use a congregation's own history as a connecting point to stretch the congregation.

-
Start with broader church or world history.

-
Use personal stories or testimonies.

-
Help people envision a world not yet seen, a world to live into.

A.
Humanize larger social or theological issues

B.
"I have a dream."

C.
Baptism and rebirth.

D.
"The problem with most old-time religion is that it is not old enough."

E.
Ease the congregation towards the new.

F.
Allow the Bible to offend both congregant and preacher.

G.
A new vision, using old traditions.

H.
Placing the scripture in real life situations.

Answer 1

- Stand with the people under the word of God. - Allow the Bible to offend both congregant and preacher.
- Re-contextualize the passage. - Placing the scripture in real life situations.
- Start with the familiar and comfortable and move toward the unfamiliar. - Ease the congregation towards the new.
- Honour what people consider sacred and beautiful, and use it as a source of transformative power. - A new vision, using old traditions.
- Use a congregation's own history as a connecting point to stretch the congregation. - Humanize larger social or theological issues.
- Start with broader church or world history. - "The problem with most old-time religion is that it is not old enough."
- Use personal stories or testimonies. - Baptism and rebirth.
- Help people envision a world not yet seen, a world to live into. - "I have a dream."