A Mission to Babylon, May 12, 2025.

So let me say what we are seeking to do right here at the top, and then afterward try

to anticipate any questions you might have about it.

This summer, Lord willing, Christchurch in Moscow is going to establish a church plant in Washington,

D.C., starting July 13th. So let me start by inviting you to check out the website. So why are we

doing this just now? The first reason is that we are reading Providence in a particular way.

With the change in administration, we believe that there will be many strategic opportunities

with numerous evangelicals who will be present both in and around the Trump administration.

These believers are obviously culturally engaged already, but we happen to believe that every

form of cultural engagement needs to have a solid theological foundation and support, and we want

to help provide it. Without a theological

foundation, cultural engagement tends to morph into something that resembles windsurfing on the

various breezes of doctrine that tend to blow through evangelicalism. We don't want anything like

that. As a practical matter, we, meaning both Christ Church and Moscow, and the CRAC at large,

now have members who are

living and working there.

As you think about what we are seeking to do, you can pick your metaphor.

Perhaps this is like Nehemiah seeking to rebuild the walls of a ruined Jerusalem.

In our case, it would be the task of rebuilding the walls of Christendom, whatever Gashmoo

might say about it, Nehemiah 6. Or perhaps the task is more like an effort

to bring Babylon into the New Jerusalem. Ultimately, the particular metaphor doesn't matter that much,

although mission to Babylon does have a nice ring. Nehemiah and Daniel, we're both faithful men.

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