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Are we more like Jesus when we are together?
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Called out…the ecclesia
Thoughts on new community
The following are excerpts from a longer piece posted on my personal web portal.
As followers of Jesus we are now being called to a separate peace and a new community. No more business as usual…
As reactionary as it may sound, I believe we have come to the time of ecclesia, that is the calling out of an assembly. The old American church has been too dependent on the culture in which it was formed. That culture, in ways both subtle and obvious, is turning against it.
To read the piece in its entirety click to Dan's personal site. The essay is called A New Community.
[21] Body Life Acronym: HAND
Dan shares the final episode of three “body life acronyms.” They are:
- LEGS: Locally Established Gathered Saints.
- ARMS: Authentically Related Missional Servants
- The final one is HAND, Homes Available for Neighborhood Discipleship.
What can house churches do to make the neighborhoods in which they meet better? What can be done to keep small group churches from turning inward and closing themselves off from the surrounding community? Mentioned in this episode:
- Beyond Church: The Lost Word Of The Bible- Ekklesia
by Steve Simms
- An Army of Ordinary People: Stories of Real-Life Men and Women Simply Being the Church
by Felicity Dale
- The Parish Collective
- The Navigators (NAV Neighbors)
- Thresholds
- Replacing Church
- National Neighborhood Watch
by Steve Simms
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