Church

All semester, in my Culture and Evangelism class at RC, we've been talking about what it means/looks like to be the church in a post-modern culture. We read Blue Like Jazz, A New Kind of Christian, Father Joe, The Shaping of Things to Come, and The Shack. We also read the Bible for those of you a bit nervous from this reading list. We listened to each other's stories. We dreamed. We laughed. We got upset. We imagined. We pondered.

Today, their final exam consisted of only one essay question: what does it mean to be the church in a post-modern culture? It's one of the most important questions many churches ask . . . it's one of the most tragic questions some churches fail to ask.

I'm curious . . . readers in the blogosphere . . . what practices do you think are extremely important for churches to participate in as they travel on the journey?

CC:M Has a Home!

One of the most rewarding elements of local church ministry is to watch a group of men and women come together to take risks for the kingdom of God.




Good work putting this together Ashley.

Blank Sheet

O.K. Here's the deal.

You get to start a church "from scratch" (note to the theological purist in you--I don't mean "scratch" as in with no understanding of history, experience, etc). You have been empowered by the leadership team of your local church to begin an extension worship gathering/community in an area lacking strong evangelical churches.

Two questions.

What characteristics do you strongly desire to see embedded in the DNA of the church?

What unique practices would be important for this community to reach non-followers of Jesus?

If you are interested to see what our faith community is thinking and dreaming . . . check out THIS SITE.

UPDATE: This link has a more complete description of CC:M's mission and vision.

CC:M

Christ Church: Macomb is an outreach attempt of our church to reach those who are cynical, jaded, over-churched, under-churched--whatever you want to call it. People who are not connected to a vibrant faith community growing into the image of Jesus.

People who live in Macomb County.

Here's a blog that will tell you more. Ashley did a great job on the video.

Here's a little piece from our church website.


It's been a great joy and blessing to work alongside the CC:M leadership team for the last ten months or so. They are women and men of great passion, enthusiasm and conviction!

One of the greatest attributes of churches in our emerging culture: risk-taking.

Christ Church

A group of leaders from the Rochester Church are starting an extension of our family-- Christ Church: Macomb . I'm so proud to be associated with the leadership of CC:M; they are women and men of great character and passion.

Click here to read more. Click here for the CC:M blog.