In his chapter on the representation of the Church universal in Vatican II, Fuellenbach, brings up several interesting points. Notably, his discussion on the missional Church being in the 2/3rds World, but not being of/from the 2/3rds World. This discussion leads to further thought on our missional engagement as the Western Church. A further point by Fuellenbach was his statement that Church and culture need one another as a gatekeeper of sorts on who they are becoming as the Church seeks to represent the gospel more fully and in a way that is true to the message, not to its Western context. The Church also seeks to affirm aspects of culture where the gospel is already present, and to critique aspects of the culture that are contrary to the gospel as well as humanity. This idea stands in stark contrast to the sectarian aims of many evangelical churches today, maybe this is why they have become continually marginalized.
