Regarding the opportunity for missional engagement, the church in a postmodern society has been pushed to the margins. This provides an opportunity, which can be illustrated by employing the language of anthropologist Victor Turner. The church in western culture is at a point of liminality. Liminality is a condition of transition from one position or role in culture to another. For example, the movement from adolescence to adulthood is a point of liminality. At such times one