Sunday, October 15, 2006

I'm here at the Andersons' house. We have been having a really awesome discussion about evangelism and what is the church and everything. Is America's definition of "church"--a building where people meet to worship God--a valid one? Are there real followers of Christ there? Why isn't it working? Why is there a heirarchy? The form dictates the function. That is the problem. It's a paradigm shift. We are so outside the box here. . .there isn't a model for what we're doing, and that's the point. We are experiencing Christ and letting Him be seen through us, not worrying about how many people are attending our services and programs and how we are or aren't following the budget and whatnot. So silly. We are at a crossroads. Church as it is currently defined, will be a thing of the past in a a few decades. God is moving mightily. Don Miller and I had a short talk Wednesday night about this. We see the problems with "church," but what can we do to change it? Are enough people seeing these problems that something will happen to change it? His answer was that it's a matter of percentages. Every generation improves upon the last, and there is a shift. You have to seek justice. Try not to be bitter and hate the "church."

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