Wednesday, April 09, 2008
Not All Who Wander Are Lost
Not All Who Wander Are Lost: "That said, there are times when it may be best to stop going to church altogether, albeit only for a time. When church becomes a joyless burden — something we think God demands of us, lest we be struck down by lightning — it may be time to take a break. After burning out in a church where he didn’t sense a real connection with God’s presence, author John Eldredge stopped going to church for a year. “It was one of the most refreshing years of my life,” he says. “I hadn’t abandoned God, and I very much sought out the company of my spiritual companions. What I gave up was the performance of having to show up every Sunday with my happy face on.” After a year of recovery and discernment, Eldredge was better equipped to find a true church home."
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We know Eldredge was disillusioned with the church for good cause. (See article below)
However, are these "Redemptive Communities" some kind of para-church or a like-minded sub-groups under the covering of a local church?
Zoweh defines it well on their website:
http://www.zoweh.com/redemptive_community.aspx
My question is should the Zoweh Redemptive Community definition be intended to be used to organize a small group or are they constructing a "Statement of Faith" for a para-church?
An interesting exercise for me has been to compare the Statement of Faith texts from Ransomed Heart, Zoweh and SCCC.
The difference are very subtle, but nothing to separate over.
I am not apologizing for being a good Berean. (See Scriptures below)
What is more important is the love in the hearts of men are manifest through our ministries.
The Men of Steele are going to move forward in the mission to take ground for the Kingdom beginning with a single man's heart.
Acts 17:10-12 (New King James Version)
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Ministering at Berea
10 Then the brethren immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea. When they arrived, they went into the synagogue of the Jews. 11 These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so. 12 Therefore many of them believed, and also not a few of the Greeks, prominent women as well as men.
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