1. The collapse of the church culture.
* Wrong question: How do we do church better?
* Tough question: How do we deconvert from Churchianity to Christianity?
2. The shift from church growth to kingdom growth.
* Wrong question: How do we grow this church?
* Tough question: How do we transform our community?
3. A new reformation: Releasing God's people.
* Wrong question: How do we turn members into ministers?
* Tough question: How do we turn members into missionaries?
4. The return to spiritual formation.
* Wrong question: How do we develop church members?
* Tough question: How do we develop followers of Jesus?
5. The shift from planning to preparation.
* Wrong question: How do we plan for the future?
* Tough question: How do we prepare for the future?
6. The rise of apostolic leadership.
* Wrong question: How do we develop leaders for church work?
* Tough question: How do we develop leaders for the Christian movement?
HT: Guy Muse
3 comments:
those are some good questions. they seem to sum up the whole missional/emergent vision of church into one whole set of questions.
by the way, i replied to your comment on my blog. later gator.
It's all in asking the right questions, isn't it.
I've been thinking about those question for several days now...they give validation to my thoughts/dreams...thanks for sharing
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