Church

I found this awesome description of the emerging church from Leonard Sweet the other day. Thought I would share it becasue it gives a brief but awesome description of where we are trying to go.

"Karl Rahner, the great 20th century Catholic theologian, referred to what he called Thermos- bottle Christianity. This is a form of pseudo-church where you keep everything inside warm and cozy and fresh, but let the outside freeze and take care of itself. Missional churches are focused on what God is doing in the world. Their circles face outward, not inward. This is a culture that loves gated communities, and there are gated churches to match. Missional churches are putting back together what for too long has been rent asunder: the whole gospel, both the personal gospel (evangelism), and the social gospel (justice and kingdom ministries). "