OM_. This was funny, sad, smart and disturbing all at once. Thanks Matt Stone for sharing this. For all of you have asked me what our church is like. We’re for sure not perfect but we’re trying hard to be the opposite of this.
In The Gospel in a Pluralist Society, Newbigin gives six characterisitics of a community of faith that is true to her calling.
Here they are. What do you think?
1. A community of praise.
2. A community of truth.
3. A community that does not live for itself but is deeply involved in the concerns of is neighborhood.
4. A community where men and women are prepared and sustained in the exercise of the priesthood in the world.
5. A community of mutual responsibility.
6. A community of hope.
Christianity is a way of life, not a series of religious meetings. “The nature of church is not reflected in a constant series of religious meetings led by professional clergy in holy places especially reserved to experience Jesus. Rather, it is mirrored in the prophetic way followers of Christ live their everyday lives in spiritual extended families, as vivid answers to the questions that society asks, and in the place where it counts most–in their homes.”