Wednesday 9 January 2008
Week I: Wednesday
I have to admit to being excited and a little discouraged after today's class. Excited because I see opportunities for the gospel to be communicated in fresh ways through "family and relational lines" in our culture through organic movements. Discouraged in that it seems like trying to inject new DNA into an 85-year-old man. I come from a mainline background where this type of thinking is drowned out by the cacophony of trying to determine whether to serve decaf or caffeinated coffee on Sunday mornings and how to keep "insensitive" people from taking it into the sanctuary. Setting up intentional efforts to organically witness in our community's bars, coffee shops and bookstores seems a million miles away. My question: has any old mainline denomination really ever reinvented itself? Has any old mainline denominational singular church ever reinvented itself? I'd LOVE to see a model of it!!!
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Jim - great questions. Hang in there, there is hope! The quick answer is yes, (some) traditional churches are re-inventing themselves! You may what to read this post http://gatheringinlight.com/2008/01/13/the-four-models-of-emerging-churches/, and this comment -- http://gatheringinlight.com/2008/01/13/the-four-models-of-emerging-churches/#comment-66312 for at least one small example.
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