Ecumenical veteran sees a 'new frontier'

When Wesley Granberg-Michaelson was younger, the bad blood between
Christian denominations made the notion of a modern-day ecumenical
movement seem farfetched. Now the recently retired general secretary of
the Reformed Church in America says American Christianity has reached "a
new frontier."

"We have a chance of bringing in more around the
table the way God really intends," said Granberg-Michaelson, who stepped
down in June after 17 years in the post. "The missional church needs
the unity of the church. How else do we think we can do useful things
for the world if we're divided amongst ourselves?"

Amid a culture
too often lost in its own self-importance, Christian unity is sorely
needed, Granberg-Michaelson argues in his 288-page memoir, Unexpected
Destinations: An Evangelical Pilgrimage to World Christianity.