“In order for the church to be relevant in our culture today. . .we can not ignore the tremendous influence and impact that hip hop culture is having in our world.”
http://www.ivpress.com/video/3329.php
Ultimately, there are only three views of Christianity and culture. The first view is retreatism. The second view is syncretism. The third view is presuppositionalism and Lordship. I advocate the third view.
Of the three views, syncretism is the most insidious. In their quest for acceptance and relevance, the cultural syncretists assume the neutrailty of music, art, Hollywood, etc. They seek to baptize the fruits of cultural paganism with the words of Christianity, thus creating a hybrid. This they deem “relevant.” In my view, the push for hip hop churches is not merely grevious and misguided, but a necessary and logical conclusion of the worldview of cultural syncretism.