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- Herausgeber: Victor Onyebuchi Katchi
- Kategorie: Religion und Spiritualität
- Sprache: Englisch
When Christianity Went West is a bold and thought-provoking Christian exposé that confronts the distortions, divisions, and diluted doctrines that emerged as Christianity spread across Western cultures. Victor O. Katchi challenges readers to unlearn inherited biases, rediscover biblical truth, and reclaim the essence of the Gospel as it was meant to be. With clarity and conviction, this book invites believers to evaluate their faith practices, reflect on historical shifts, and embrace a more authentic walk with Christ.
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Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2025
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When christianity went west what we must learn and unlearn
Table of contents
Copyright Page
Dedication
Acknowledgement
Preface
Table of Contents
Chapter One – Introduction: The Gospel Beyond Borders
Chapter Two – When Christ Became Western
Chapter Three – Rome, Reason, and Reformation: The Deep Roots of Western Faith
Chapter Four – The Empire and the Cross: Faith in the Age of Power
Chapter Five – Kingdom or Country? Nationalism, Politics, and the Church
Chapter Six – The Gospel of “Me”: Individualism and the Prosperity Obsession
Chapter Seven – Us vs. Them: Tribalism and the Erosion of Unity
Chapter 8: Faith in the Age of Comfort – The Scandal of Suffering
Chapter 9: Rebranded Jesus – Pop Culture and the Loss of Holiness
Chapter 10: The Megachurch Mirror – Size, Status, and Spiritual Depth
Chapter 11: Worship on the Stage – Performance vs Presence
Chapter 12: The Tithing Trap – Giving, Greed, and Grace
Chapter 13: Doctrines of Convenience – Redefining Sin in a Modern World
Chapter 14: The Silent Exodus – Why the Next Generation is Leaving
Chapter 15: More Than a Building – Reclaiming Authentic Community
Chapter 16: The Rise of the Celebrity Pastor
Chapter 17: The Church and the State – A Marriage of Compromise
Chapter 18: Justice, Mercy, and Humility – The Lost Prophetic Voice
Chapter 19: When Missions Became Colonization
Chapter 20: Back to Basics – Rediscovering the Radical Simplicity of Christ
Chapter 21: The Bible in the West – Quoted, Ignored, or Misused?
Chapter 22: The Generous Kingdom – Reclaiming a Biblical Perspective on Resources
Chapter 23: Women in the Western Church – Empowered or Excluded?
Chapter 24: Faith vs Fame – Platforms, Podcasts, and the Pulpit
Chapter 25: Western Christianity and Sexual Ethics
Chapter 26: Is God American? – Debunking the Cultural Messiah
Chapter 27: The Comfort Gospel vs The Cross
Chapter 28: What Africa, Asia, and the Persecuted Church Teach Us
Chapter 29: The Danger of Doctrinal Pride
Chapter 30: Can Western Christianity Be Redeemed?
Conclusion – The Global Body, The Eternal Kingdom
Reflection Questions for Personal & Group Study
7-Day Devotional Companion
Closing Prayer
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By Victor O. Katchi
Copyright Page
© 2025 Victor O. Katchi
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the author, except in the case of brief quotations used in reviews or scholarly works.
Scripture quotations are taken from various translations of the Bible and are used under fair use principles for commentary and educational purposes.
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Cover design by Alexis de Great
Dedication
This book is dedicated to God Almighty, Sovereign over nations and generations, the Eternal Flame who burns away every falsehood and restores the ancient paths of truth. To Jesus Christ, the King not made in man’s image, whose Kingdom cannot be bought, branded, or broken.
To the Church in the Global South— Africa, Asia, Latin America—where the gospel still breathes in simplicity, power, sacrifice, and hope. May your resilience be a light to the world and a rebuke to compromise.
To all seekers, reformers, and truth-lovers, who dare to challenge cultural Christianity and long for a faith anchored not in comfort, but in Christ alone.
And to my beloved family, whose love, prayers, and patience remain the soil in which every word finds root.
Acknowledgement
First and foremost, I give glory to God Almighty—the Author and Finisher of our faith—whose grace and truth remain unchanging even when cultures shift and seasons change. This book would not exist without His prompting, His revelations, and His sustaining power.
I gratefully acknowledge the Spirit of God who opened my eyes to see the subtle erosion of biblical foundations in Western Christianity, and who burdened my heart to write this work—not in condemnation but in love, with a longing for restoration and truth.
To my family—my ever-supportive wife,Uc, and our beloved daughters Faith, Gift, and Esther—your encouragement, prayers, and steadfast belief in the calling God has placed upon my life have been a pillar of strength. Thank you for walking this journey of purpose with me.
I also acknowledge the voices of countless believers across continents—especially in Africa, Asia, and among the persecuted Church—whose quiet faithfulness and uncompromising devotion have inspired and challenged me. Your example has helped shine a light on what we must reclaim in our generation.
To the readers, pastors, thinkers, and seekers who will engage this book with open hearts—I thank you. May these pages stir conviction, spark conversation, and lead all of us back to the simplicity, power, and purity of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Finally, a special word of gratitude goes to those who supported the editing, reviewing, and design processes. Your excellence has helped shape this message into a vessel worthy of the truth it carries.
May the Lord Jesus Christ, our returning King, find His Church ready, unblemished, and rooted not in culture, but in His unchanging Word.
— Victor O. Katchi
Preface
We live in a time when Christianity is no longer just a faith—it has become a brand, a culture, a commodity. Nowhere is this more evident than in the Western world, where the gospel has often been reframed to suit comfort, capitalism, celebrity, and cultural ideologies. In this environment, many sincere believers find themselves wrestling with a dissonance: a faith that feels compromised, hollow, or increasingly out of sync with Scripture.
This book, When Christianity Went West: What We Must Learn and Unlearn, is not a critique born out of bitterness or superiority. Rather, it is a heartfelt appeal to return to the foundations of our faith—before cultural veneers distorted the message of the cross. It is a prophetic examination of how Western norms—though often well-meaning—have reshaped worship, leadership, theology, community, and mission.
I write not as a judge, but as a watchman. Not as a cultural opponent, but as a kingdom advocate. The call is not to abandon the West, but to awaken it. To help the Church in the West—and all of us influenced by it—see where we may have traded the eternal for the convenient, the sacred for the spectacular, the message for the method.
This is not merely a Western problem. Global Christianity has absorbed many of these patterns. Yet hope remains. We can unlearn what must be unlearned. We can re-learn what was lost. And we can rise again, faithful to the One who called us out of darkness into His marvelous light.
May these pages be a mirror, a map, and a mantle—to reflect, to redirect, and to reignite.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction – The Gospel Beyond Borders
Chapter 2: When Christ Became Western
Chapter 3: Rome, Reason, and Reformation (from your proposed additions)
Chapter4: The Empire and the Cross – Faith in the Age of Power
Chapter 5: Kingdom or Country? – Nationalism, Politics, and the Church
Chapter 6: The Gospel of “Me” – Individualism and the Prosperity Obsession
Chapter 7: Us vs. Them – Tribalism and the Erosion of Unity
Chapter 8: Faith in the Age of Comfort – The Scandal of Suffering
Chapter 9: Rebranded Jesus – Pop Culture and the Loss of Holiness
Chapter 10: The Megachurch Mirror – Size, Status, and Spiritual Depth
Chapter 11: Worship on the Stage – Performance vs Presence
Chapter 12: The Tithing Trap – Giving, Greed, and Grace
Chapter 13: Doctrines of Convenience – Redefining Sin in a Modern World
Chapter 14: The Silent Exodus – Why the Next Generation is Leaving
Chapter 15: More Than a Building – Reclaiming Authentic Community
Chapter 16: The Rise of the Celebrity Pastor
Chapter 17: The Church and the State – A Marriage of Compromise
Chapter 18: Justice, Mercy, and Humility – The Lost Prophetic Voice
Chapter 19: When Missions Became Colonization
Chapter 20: Back to Basics – Rediscovering the Radical Simplicity of Christ
Chapter 21: The Bible in the West – Quoted, Ignored, or Misused?
Chapter 22: The Generous Kingdom – Reclaiming a Biblical Perspective on Resources
Chapter 23: Women in the Western Church – Empowered or Excluded?
Chapter 24: Faith vs Fame – Platforms, Podcasts, and the Pulpit
Chapter 25: Western Christianity and Sexual Ethics
Chapter 26: Is God American? – Debunking the Cultural Messiah
Chapter 27: The Comfort Gospel vs The Cross
Chapter 28: What Africa, Asia, and the Persecuted Church Teach Us
Chapter 29: The Danger of Doctrinal Pride
Chapter 30: Can Western Christianity Be Redeemed?
Conclusion – The Global Body, The Eternal
