National Minister’s conference, including the concept of “Fresh Expressions” here are a few comments that I made about it.
We have previously commented at DUCA SA meeting just how diaconal so much of the emergent church stuff is. The appeal of diaconal ministry for me has always been about offering the gospel to the church. Or as author Ann Morrisy puts it, “Enabling people to embrace the possibility of God”.
As someone who made that transition from unchurched to churched I have often said that christology was easy, understanding church culture is the hard thing. It is so complex and multilayered and in a slightly different form wherever you go. People understand if you query a point of theology but get the church culture stuff wrong and sometimes the church folk can be down right unchristian.
So it is good to hear that Fresh Expressions etc is very much about letting people develop their understandings of a faith community that is relevant to them. Let us hope that the "inherited church" is interested and has enought time and energy to let the emergent church continue to move.
Actually, there is a sense where it doesn't matter, we are to follow God's call and do what we can and from then on the emergent church is very much the work of the Holy Spirit, which is what I hope, believe pray that it is.
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