To leave new-born Churches to learn by experience is apostolic, to abandon them is not apostolic: to watch over them is apostolic, to be always nursing them is not apostolic: to guide their education is apostolic, to provide it for them is not apostolic.For a book published in 1927 it has a pretty amazing description of "Church Planting Movements".Roland Allen "The Spontaneous Expansion of the Church"
Showing posts with label missional. Show all posts
Showing posts with label missional. Show all posts
Monday, November 27, 2006
(re)Discovering Roland Allen
I was reading tallskinnykiwi again. This post about tea with Roland Allen's grandson led me to downloading "The Spontaneous Expansion of the Church".
Why Missional
I was working this weekend at the Fusion National Weekend and got to hear/meet TallskinnyKiwi
I found his take on being missional very interesting. Recently I was speaking about how Church can engage with postmodernity, building on a chapter from Tom Wright's book "The Challenge of Jesus" - walking to emmaus in a postmodern world. As a missionary (with WEC) myself I was seeing this as an exercise in contextualisation.
Now it appears that I might (or might not...) be missional. I like the thought that those "dead old institutions" might have something to reflect back into church.
Must get on to a spot of Missio Dei (might be a cue for a spot of praying first then)
I found his take on being missional very interesting. Recently I was speaking about how Church can engage with postmodernity, building on a chapter from Tom Wright's book "The Challenge of Jesus" - walking to emmaus in a postmodern world. As a missionary (with WEC) myself I was seeing this as an exercise in contextualisation.
Now it appears that I might (or might not...) be missional. I like the thought that those "dead old institutions" might have something to reflect back into church.
Must get on to a spot of Missio Dei (might be a cue for a spot of praying first then)
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