There is nothing in the Bible that says a church of Jesus Christ must have a building, full-time paid clergy, and programs of ministry in order to be the real deal. The churches of the New Testament met in homes, were led by gifted and well-tutored disciples, and their only program for ministry was proclaiming the love of God in Jesus Christ and living accordingly. We need to take to heart the wisdom of my friend Katherine and my Grandma Cox. When being a church can no longer be done the way we’re accustomed to, well, let’s just find something new to do with the abilities that we still have and be creative about it. The church of twenty years from now is going to be dramatically different from the church of twenty years ago because North American culture has changed so dramatically. I predict that the church twenty years from now will be based in homes rather than buildings, led by trained lay people, full-time clergy will be fewer and far between and shared by a number of congregations, and Jesus Christ will be a neighbourhood reality.
Posted on: Sun, 04 Jan 2015 01:18:18 +0000
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