WHAT THE CHURCH MUST LEARN FROM COVID-19 AND WHY? By Jim Witteveen

When 2020 began, Christians had no idea that the next few years would bring tremendous challenges to the church. The COVID-19 experience confronted the Western church with issues that had been discussed theoretically, but without the urgency of immediate application, for generations: the relation between Church and State, the limits of State authority, the legitimate use of civil disobedience, the nature and extent of the authority of the church’s officebearers, the many forms that religious persecution can take, and the political nature of the gospel message.

In What The Church Must Learn From COVID-19… And Why, Jim Witteveen does a “post-mortem” on the COVID-19 experience, and seeks to answer the question, “What must we as Christ’s church learn from the COVID-19 years?” While many believe that these issues should be left in the past, and that digging them up will only open up old wounds, the author believes that it is absolutely vital that the Church learn from her COVID-19 experience, examine herself, return to the solid foundation of God’s Word, engage in honest confession and repentance where necessary, and be prepared for the challenges that are sure to come in the future.

Jim Witteveen has served as a missionary in a Reformed Church for sixteen years, and is currently serving in Brazil. He has previously published two other books: How In The World Did We Get Here? and Stand Firm and Take Action, both of which are available from his website, www.dan1132.com. He also hosts a podcast called Dan 11:32, which can be found on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Rumble.