Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Interesting in light of today's discussions:

Can the Traditional Church be Missional?

Thoughts??

1 comment:

JENNYLOU said...

I MIGHT BE CONSIDERED BLIND WHEN IT COMES TO THIS. BUT I THINK THAT CCC USED TO BE EXACTLY LIKE THIS BEFORE WE STARTED MAKING COMITIES FOR EVERYTHING. AT THE TIME IT SEEMED THAT THE SAME PEOPLE WERE DOING ALL THE WORK. BUT WE WERE ALSO TRANSITIONING INTO SOMETHING NEW. AND THEN WE GOT INTO BUILDINGS AND EXPANDING AND IT JUST BLEW UP AND OVERWHELMED US ALL. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME THAT WE HAVE HAD A GROUP OF PEOPLE COME TO CHURCH AND STAY AND ACTUALLY TRY TO GET PLUGGED IN AND I THINK THEY ARE GETTING THE BAD END OF A SITUATION THAT THEY KNOW NOTHING ABOUT. THERE ARE A LOT OF NEW BELIEVERS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN TRAINED WERE TO START. BUT ARE TOLD THEY ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING TO ADVANCE THE KINGDOM.
I KNOW THAT ME PERSONALLY I HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE I DO KNOW BETTER AND AM ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT I KNOW. THE ONES AT CCC NEED TO STEP UP THAT HAVE BEEN TRAINED AND HELP BRING FWRD THE NEW BELIEVERS, SO THAT THEY CAN FEEL EQUIPPED TO TO BE MISSIONAL IN THEIR EVERYDAY LIVES. I DONT THINK BEING MISSIONAL IS AS HARD AS IT SOUNDS AND SUCH A HURDLE TO OVERCOME FOR CCC WE JUST NEED TO PULL OUT THE ORIGINAL HAND BOOK AND START OVER.