February 21, 2008...12:57 pm
Creating a missional order…
In a number of settings recently at SMC, I have been asked about vision for church as a missional community (I am particularly thinking of Melissa’s questions). I feel like I have not yet done justice to answering these questions. It involves a radical re-imagining of church. It doesn’t mean we change the center from historic Christianity, but it does mean a radical re-orientation from the Christendom, capitalist, individualistic expressions we have seen in North America. I think this 14 minute talk by David Fitch addresses some of these hopes and dreams for the church as a missional community.
In January I got together with some pastors in this area who are interested in talking about what a missional order might look like. This group included Mennonites and a Lutheran pastor. In a post-Christendom context, I find this kind of thinking increasingly important. What would happen if a Christian community embraced this paradigm?
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February 21, 2008 at 10:35 pm
Wow! This is exactly what I’ve been trying to think through over the last year . . . I didn’t realize that was what missional order really meant (hadn’t taken the time to read enough about it I guess). Thanks for the link to Fitch’s video.
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