Tag Archives: scripture
Muzzling the Word of God
A Response to the Foothills Presbytery Overtures I try to avoid getting bogged down in the details of church polity. Generally, this is because I think it leads us to spend too much time looking inward and debating minutia when … Continue reading
What Mission is this Anyway?
Reflections on Mission and Missional Living Week 1 Why Don’t We Just Call it Being the Church?, Opening Editorial by Rev. Ginna Bairby The ‘Missional’ Church: Ark of Salvation or Community of Reconciliation?, Dr. Dawn DeVries Just Hospitality and The … Continue reading
Dismissional on Missional?
The Growth of Missional Language Missio-Logio: The Many Languages of Mission The theme of the 2015 annual meeting American Society of Missiology (ASM) was “Missio-Logoi: The Many Languages of Mission.” It was a fascinating conference, with missionaries and scholars from … Continue reading
The Missional Church: The Church Catholic
I was teaching youth and college Sunday school a few years ago, and we were discussing the Apostles’ Creed, particularly the part where Christians confess belief in the ‘holy and catholic church’. One student spoke up and asked what the … Continue reading
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