[Alan] Wolfe's purported message for the second audience is that because of their desire to please and their need to fill pews, they have become so comfortable in the surrounding culture that they ought to abandon any claims to being "resident aliens." Taking issue with what he hears Stanley Hauerwas telling American Christians, Wolfe says to them, "I would urge you instead to take pride in your flexibility and adaptability" in transforming faith to fit society.