a Biblical thought...
But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God. (John 3:21)
a Book thought...
When Brengle was asked if children who kneel at the penitent-form understand what they are doing he responded: "I am pursuaded that the children often see the way more clearly than their teachers. They see God by faith, find Him not with their heads but their hearts." (p155)
a Dave thought...
The Corps Program Department at THQ has just launched their new web site this week. Rebecca Walker has been the main writer and instigator of this new resource and you can see firsthand the great work she has done by going to
http://www.salvationarmy.org.au/corpsresources Here is an excerpt of one of the articles written by Rebecca...
As discussed in the Connecting Forward Conference, instead of waiting for people to come to us, the church should go out and engage them in the contexts where they already spend time. Given the reaction of the postmodern generation against formality and structures, it will be easier to engage them in their recreational spaces rather than attempting to attract them through specialised church programmes [7]. This will be where real relationships can be built, and people will be comfortable to discuss spirituality. Evangelism to these subcultures needs to be treated like intercultural mission, because it is intercultural mission. We need to send missionaries to live amongst the people and to culturally contextualise the gospel for that subculture. Churches should be planted within the subculture, rather than bringing people out of their subculture into the church’s middle-class culture. Bringing people out of their subculture will prevent their future effectiveness in sharing the gospel with their friends.
This approach sits well with the rich history of the Salvation Army as a Missional force for Christ. As John Stanley Jones said, “the ordinary churches and chapels are entirely outside of the range of the outcast. As a rule, [the outcast] will not go to look for religion; it must come and seek him” [8].
Just a thought.
But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God. (John 3:21)
a Book thought...
When Brengle was asked if children who kneel at the penitent-form understand what they are doing he responded: "I am pursuaded that the children often see the way more clearly than their teachers. They see God by faith, find Him not with their heads but their hearts." (p155)
a Dave thought...The Corps Program Department at THQ has just launched their new web site this week. Rebecca Walker has been the main writer and instigator of this new resource and you can see firsthand the great work she has done by going to
http://www.salvationarmy.org.au/corpsresources Here is an excerpt of one of the articles written by Rebecca...
As discussed in the Connecting Forward Conference, instead of waiting for people to come to us, the church should go out and engage them in the contexts where they already spend time. Given the reaction of the postmodern generation against formality and structures, it will be easier to engage them in their recreational spaces rather than attempting to attract them through specialised church programmes [7]. This will be where real relationships can be built, and people will be comfortable to discuss spirituality. Evangelism to these subcultures needs to be treated like intercultural mission, because it is intercultural mission. We need to send missionaries to live amongst the people and to culturally contextualise the gospel for that subculture. Churches should be planted within the subculture, rather than bringing people out of their subculture into the church’s middle-class culture. Bringing people out of their subculture will prevent their future effectiveness in sharing the gospel with their friends.
This approach sits well with the rich history of the Salvation Army as a Missional force for Christ. As John Stanley Jones said, “the ordinary churches and chapels are entirely outside of the range of the outcast. As a rule, [the outcast] will not go to look for religion; it must come and seek him” [8].
Just a thought.
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