“the number one problem with Christianity today is that the Christian life is no longer convincing. It doesn’t convince anyone. So his program is the formation of [what he calls] creative minorities, throughout the world, that will offer not words but the witness of a life full of humanity, of peace, of joy, so that people from what is a cruel world will find a home in these communities.”

Sounds like he’s been reading Hauerwas – although he was probably arguing for this long before Stanley was! Found here.