Tonight we begin a new community. I'm not wholly convinced that anything is going to happen. I have a lot of public communication to do. But, I do think GOD is up to something here. At least I hope so. I'm tired of feeling like a hamster on a wheel. I do believe that I have been sent here to lead something different with church. I'm not quite sure how. In fact, I'm fairly certain that I have no clue about what i'm doing half the time. But I've heard stories like this before. I'm just trying to figure out how to work within the current context of congregational renewal and redevelopment, while also engaging in this external evangelism bit. I don't know. There are some good things happening at ZION. but a radical shift is needed. Kelly fryer identifies it in her book "Reclaiming the 'C' Word: daring to be church again." I think all congregation leaders need to read this book to understand what has happened and what needs to happen now. I commend that book to anyone attempting to lead the church into a missional future and anyone who doesn't know what that means.
In a nutshell, the way things were isn;t the way things are and we need to start operating with new assumptionsnd expectations. More on that later...
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