I imagine that most of you saw the May 9, 2008 edition of Ed Rosenberry’s CGGC eNews in which Ed described the privilege that he and Dave Green, Rick Mason, Kirk Schneemann and Bill Shoemaker and Bob Eatherton and Eric Starkey, Paul Sabelhaus, Jeff Rockey and Greg McIntosh had in attending the New Church Conference in Orlando on April 21-24. Encouraging. I was happy to read Ed’s supportive summary of the messages of Andy Stanley, Bob Roberts, Alan Hirsch and Tim Keller. And, I say a hail and hearty AMEN to everything our brothers heard during the Conference. But, I also point out that the remarks of the speakers at the Conference bear a striking resemblance to comments that are the norm on this blog. I’m glad that our brothers embraced what the Big Names in Missional Christianity are saying. Here’s to praying that they will embrace the missional people in their own church half as warmly as they do Andy, Bob, Alan and Tim. I am heartened by Ed’s last paragraph which begins, The three days challenged my thinking and proved very inspirational. The key now will be to translate the concepts back into our ministry setting in the Churches of God. Amen, Ed, Amen! However, I suspect that a process as subtle, gradual and gentle as translation will not do it. I don’t think there’s time for that. Here are some of my thoughts on translating those concepts into the CGGC: 1. Translating these concepts can only begin with an u ...
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