Achieving an Accurate Expression

Posted on 17. Jul, 2010 by Mark in The Body

I just finished reading the post “Everyone” at The Ekklesia in Southern Maine, which I mentioned in my previous post. After reading the post, and the subsequent comments, something really stood out to me, that I’ve come across briefly once before. I think the tendency is to pattern ourselves after the NT church, and certainly this is better than the alternative. I loved the comment by Dan, the post author: “New testament church was doing it right as far as they emulated Christ’s example.” I think the example of the NT church is a good place to start, but our focus has to be on Christ, and allowing Him to build His body. Certainly even with the understanding we can gleam from the NT on how believers gathered, there are still a lot of “how’s” to be answered, and we only find those answers by seeking after Christ. The second point I wanted to make, following after the first, is that there is no cookie cutter way to “do church” or “be church”. I don’t think you can write a book with the 5 steps to creating ‘organic community’. I think, as stated, that there are guidelines, but it may not always look exactly the same in each location, because each body has different personalities, gifts, etc. I will be adding several new blogs to my blogroll, based on recent readings. I’ll link to them now.

The Normal Christian – by Anthony Verderame.

My Church Journey – by Norma J Hill

The Ekklesia in Southern Maine – Dan Allen

The longer I live the more I see the beauty of the design of the Body of Christ.

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