Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 29th, 2007
I will conclude with some personal musings about mini-church. I use mini- in place of mega-. I am persuaded that mini- is where it’s at pastorally.
A person who is interested in and skilled for (and “called” to) pastoral ministry carries an internal vision of local church life. The prevailing “business” model of church will appeal [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 28th, 2007
This is one stimulating stick of dynamite…and it’s lit.What? you ask.Leslie Newbigin’s Proper Confidence: Faith, Doubt and Certainty in Christian Discipleship.
I’ve seen this little, yet potent book referenced on different blogs and I’ve had friends encourage me to read it.
What if we discover that with the syncretism resulting from the submission of the evangelical [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 27th, 2007
Nickles and noses. Not!
How do you measure a “successful” church? Budgets and buildings and bodies? I read somewhere that when you measure a church by personal relationships, the small church is the best expression of the Christian faith. When we think that a Sunday event is the marker of success, then personal relationships take a [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 22nd, 2007
Family. The greatest joys, the deepest heartaches.
One of the joys of mini- versus mega-church is that people want a sense of family. I admit that it is possible to create a “family feel” in a mega-church, but it’s not easy and it’s not the same as being a family. Sometimes people will gravitate away from [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 20th, 2007
Uncontrived intergenerational community is another joy of the mini-church.
The bigger the church, the more the crucial realities have to be programmed. Crucial relationships have to be turned into “goals,” “objectives,” and “measurable standards” with someone responsible to see the program succeed. Nothing “mega-” happens naturally. “Mega-” must be “visioned” and “staffed” and “budgeted.”
Thankfully it’s not [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 20th, 2007
Hermeneutics in Everyday Lifeby Tim Perry, Durham University.
Suppose you’re traveling to work and you see a stop sign. What do you do? That depends on how you exegete the stop sign.
1.A postmodernist deconstructs the sign (knocks it over with his car), ending forever the tyranny of the north-south traffic over the east-west traffic.
2.Similarly, a Marxist [...]
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