Christian Faith and First Nations

“Christian culture is a rare area of Nisga’a life where the practices of Elders are not deferred to by younger members of the community. Over time, a generational gap has emerged. And sometimes, youth have a hard time understanding why their elders hold fast to religious traditions.” -Sean Robinson

An article for you from Nisga’a Nation in northern B.C. where a young person asks why Christian faith persists in the community despite the atrocities perpetrated by the church. From a missiology perspective one might say that the message of the gospel was successfully contextualized to the Nisga’a culture. What do you think when you read this young man’s perspective? What questions would you ask him or the elders around him?

Read the article here.