So many questions and possibilities ...I'm just wondering about issues of structure and vision. Where will we be in a few weeks...months...years? Several people have given me hope for the future and possibilities for direction.
Have you figured out how to gather people together into house churches without some way to get their attention? I'm still trying to figure out how that would work.
I didn't mean for the previous comment to sound accusatory. You don't need to figure it out on your own. I'm trying to wrap my brain around how to pull people together without a venue for displaying leadership. We would be asking people to join us, or follow us as the case may be. Why would they, unless they've had a chance to see our hearts in action. Not many people would buy in sight-unseen. If we knew of other existing house churches, we could talk with them, or invite them, or something. To be honest, I'd feel like we're trying to sell them something. I'll continue to kick this around in my head.
I hear you loud and clear. Your email makes sense and I think it's important to consider God's method for forming his bride. I just keeping having this reoccuring fear that we will some how perpetuate the past structural "sins" of the church.
And I am so very much with you on that. It scares me to death to think of how easy it would be to become another brick in the wall that stands between real people and a real God. I think that Monday night's discussion will help get us on a good path.
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Have you figured out how to gather people together into house churches without some way to get their attention? I'm still trying to figure out how that would work.
I didn't mean for the previous comment to sound accusatory. You don't need to figure it out on your own. I'm trying to wrap my brain around how to pull people together without a venue for displaying leadership. We would be asking people to join us, or follow us as the case may be. Why would they, unless they've had a chance to see our hearts in action. Not many people would buy in sight-unseen. If we knew of other existing house churches, we could talk with them, or invite them, or something. To be honest, I'd feel like we're trying to sell them something. I'll continue to kick this around in my head.
I hear you loud and clear. Your email makes sense and I think it's important to consider God's method for forming his bride. I just keeping having this reoccuring fear that we will some how perpetuate the past structural "sins" of the church.
And I am so very much with you on that. It scares me to death to think of how easy it would be to become another brick in the wall that stands between real people and a real God. I think that Monday night's discussion will help get us on a good path.
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