The Adaptable, Flexible Church
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We are still looking for a good definition of the essential church. Maybe we will find it today!
Welcome to Run With Horses! My name is Norman and my goal is to help you thrive as a follower of Jesus. The spiritual life is both incredibly simple and potentially the most difficult part of your life. God invites you to live intentionally and on His mission. It’s very cool that we can do that together!
I have been asking, “What is the church? Specifically the idea of Minimal or Essential Ecclesiology.
Minimal:
The least viable form or the least possible to call something a church. What can you remove from your existing church and it still be a church?
Essential:
If you have nothing else you must at least have this to call it a church.
Ecclesiology: doctrine relating to the church
The goal is to consider the smallest, most adaptable, most flexible definition of the church. Why? Because we need more churches! You don’t start with the finished product, What do you start with? A seed that contains the DNA of the church at maturity.
I have looked at several definitions over the past two weeks and today I will start to narrow it down and will make some decisions about the minimal definition of church.
From the past few weeks here are a few key points I will be considering.
Can you separate what the church IS from what the church DOES?
I think not, so the purpose of the church becomes really important when defining the church. If a church is not at least attempting to fulfill it’s purpose, is it still a church?
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