(edit: I forgot to give this a title and the blog called it ‘1561’. That is not my cumulative total of posts, yet. Now it has a proper title.) Last time Tim Keller named “The Big Issues facing the Western Church”. They were: 1. The opportunity for extensive culture-making in the U.S. [relevant in Australia, …
There is a temptation within contemporary church planting to take the preferences and tastes of the group or individuals that they are trying to reach and excise as much from the practice and culture of their corporate meetings that may be alien to those people. In Presbyterianism in Australia one can observe a distancing (in …
Douglas Wilson referred to a ‘church splant’, which is “a combination of church split and church plant”. The ‘church splanting’ spirit needs to be carefully governed. Works which begin because of a negative reaction to something that has happened elsewhere can adopt a needlessly combative or self-justifying culture. This can apply to either a ‘our …
Folk receiving new Bibles in Malawi break out in singing and dancing. Spreading the Word of God and the Gospel to the nations are core activities of a local church. We don’t wait until we’re strong/wealthy/able to do it. We do it from day one, because we’re not a church if we don’t. Read the …
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