21st Century mindset of "church" in America
The following comment comes from a book entitled, The Present Future--Six Tough Questions for the CHURCH by Reggie McNeal.
"Ministry and the church have been my world. But it is a world that I increasingly find difficult to feel at home in because it lacks spiritual purpose and missional vitality.
I'm talking about the church world in North America. A world that has largely forsaken its missional covenant with God to be a part of kingdom expansion. It has, instead, substituted its own charter of church as a clubhouse where religious people hang out with other poeple who think, dress, behave, vote, and believe like them. This book will separate me from many people who are in that world who will never understand what possessed me to do this (or who may indeed suggest that something did possess me). I don't like rejection any more than the average emotionally needy person.
I believe there are many people like me in the church who, in terms of their church experience, want to script a story different from the one they are a part of now."
What do you think of this mindest?
posted by Sara @ 2:25 PM
2 comments
2 Comments:
I am reading this book now. At first, I did not like "script a story different" in the emboldened text. After reading further, it seems that Mr. McNeal is talking about form, format, and other externals in church activities that have supplanted the Great Commission. If that is the case, then YES. The "story" needs rescripting to focus on Jesus Christ and the co-MISSION he gave.
Gordon,
From the content of this section, it is safe to say the Mr. McNeal is talking about a different script as to how ministry is carried out in present-day America. It is the same thing we've discussed as we realize the need to change our method of ministering to people without changing the Gospel!
Post a Comment
<< Home