Me:
I just read Reggie McNeal, Part 2. There is something Medieval about Reggie's stuff, where the church impacts the world, not individual disciples. There's not the church gathering to spur one another on to love and good works. The church gathers to do the good works, or does the good works in community.
Still, if Lance and his crew begin to walk this talk, I'll elbow myself to the front of the line of followers, and follow.
This is all THE PRESENT FUTURE and Reggie's later book, MISSIONAL RENAISSANCE teaching that we received and promoted a long time ago, and we're still no closer to walking any of it in a meaningful way. The question is, when are we going to start DOING this!
The Nick and Dan Bible Study Podcast, here in the ERC, gives me hope because it's useful and important teaching from people who are already doing what they teach.
T'other Person:
Interesting observation about Reggie. I think it has merit. It seems to me like he envisions a church officially partnering with a school etc.
I do think collective ministry is among the most valuable on the love and good deeds but more often like 2 or 3 or a half dozen doing something spontaneous or organic to serve together. I think there is a place in between ‘just me’ and programmed events etc. but all three can have value.
At baseline though each of us has to understand all of life as kingdom service to others.
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I love Reggie and his books, especially those two. The Present Future truly did change what I believe and what I do.
But, about the time I started MLI, I began to fear that Reggie's Baptist Congregationalism and the CGGC's shepherd dominated "Flockism" could be a bad combination.
However, what danger there was there was eliminated by our Talk-ism. We haven't done any of it anyway...and our spiritual decay and numerical decline continues.
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