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June 14th, 2010

Jerusalem to Antioch

So I confess I’m not quite sure how this “Jerusalem to Antioch” thing is supposed to ‘work.’ I get the intent of this construction of history: that there were ‘establishment’ people in Jerusalem, and that Antioch was ‘missional,’ and that they had to figure out a way to talk with one another with mutual respect for the sake of the gospel. (At least I think that’s in the neighborhood of what Wes was driving at.)

But here are a couple issues I have with this construal.
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By Paul Janssen in GS10, Missional Church .::. Read Comments (3)

June 5th, 2009

Marks of the Church

By Dan Griswold in Missional Church, `Our Call' .::. Read Comments (8)

July 10th, 2008

The Suburban Church in an Age of Fuel Scarcity

I think it’s every day now that I read or listen to some report or comment on the high cost of gasoline: what drives it, how we got to this point, how individuals and corporations and governments are struggling with it. A question I’ve not heard addressed is how gasoline above $4.20 a gallon will impact congregations.

By Dan Griswold in Creative offerings, Missional Church, `Our Call' .::. Read Comments (3)

June 1st, 2008

GS-2008 — Can’t Wait for the CD

From the RCA Website, about the R-16 process:

By Jim Reid in GS08, Missional Church .::. (Add your comment)

June 1st, 2008

GS 2008 – Talking to Oneself

In his slim, but significant volume, Self-Talk, the French anthropologist John Lembo, wrote: “Every waking moment we talk to ourselves about the things we experience. Our self-talk, the thoughts we communicate to ourselves, in turn control the way we feel and act.”

Despite quite clear instructions of R-16, passed by last year’s General Synod, calling for a dialogue involving all RCA assemblies, the upcoming General Synod is about to engage in an exercise of self-talk.

By Jim Reid in GS08, MSTF, Missional Church .::. (Add your comment)

May 4th, 2008

A Sermon to the Classis of Passaic Valley, at its first Convention Meeting, April 22, 2008

Text: Mark 2:1-12, preached by Daniel Meeter, at Sixth Reformed Church, North Haledon, NJ

By Daniel Meeter in Missional Church .::. Read Comments (2)

March 18th, 2008

Marcionite Missionality

Once upon a time there was a church leader who thought that the Christian cause was much better served without the baggage of the Hebrew tradition. Read more…

By Okke Postma in Missional Church .::. Read Comments (5)

March 15th, 2008

The Reggie McNeal Lectures at “One Thing”

I took the time to watch the two Reggie McNeal lectures which the RCA sent to us via email.

I recommend them. Here’s the link

I don’t agree with all of what he says (too narrow a view of the Kingdom, too disparaging of the church as “people of God,” too discounting of the sacraments as actual small miracles in church), but hey, he’s trying to make a point, I’m willing to let him overstate it.

By Daniel Meeter in Missional Church .::. Read Comments (8)

March 10th, 2008