tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689838439428844486.post2834283981321229373..comments2024-03-15T20:15:34.428+13:00Comments on ξενος: Missional Church is not a New ThingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689838439428844486.post-83123793039895412062010-08-28T14:48:16.224+12:002010-08-28T14:48:16.224+12:00Hi Ro, thanks for stopping by. Yes the church mee...Hi Ro, thanks for stopping by. Yes the church meeting should be driven by mission, as mission is our expression of worship, but church is not the sunday meeting, the sunday meeting should be one among many expressions of church which is the reality of God's people doing God's work in God's world all week long.Jonathan Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18295840754661890186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689838439428844486.post-89707323470663062612010-08-28T06:22:17.637+12:002010-08-28T06:22:17.637+12:00Christian gatherings today are driven by worship (...Christian gatherings today are driven by worship (music) and climax with preaching. <br /><br />Missional church, and I'm still working this out, let's mission drive the gathering (worship) rather than the other way around.<br /><br />Climax becomes celebration of the Table; focus still remains worship of the Father, especially when you're busy celebrating what he's doing in the midst of the community.Rohttp://calgarychurch.ca/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689838439428844486.post-6915971011340296032010-08-12T11:18:33.206+12:002010-08-12T11:18:33.206+12:00Hi Mark, and welcome to xenos. I wouldn't fau...Hi Mark, and welcome to xenos. I wouldn't fault Wright here for not mentioning the Spirit, because that was not the point he was making. And I'm sure he would agree as do I that the Spirit is not a dispensible factor in either mission or worship. What I would tentatively suggest is that your comment might betray a false dichotomy between mission and worship. Is it really possible to worship God in the abstract without relating it to what God is asking us to do in the world? While we often do "worship" God in the abstract, I question how much that is really worship, and how much it is just "Christian" entertainment. <br /><br />Thanks for your comment, this is all stuff i'm working throguh at the moment so I really keen to hear other POV and be challenged on this.Jonathan Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18295840754661890186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689838439428844486.post-63963917601409494402010-08-12T09:38:23.062+12:002010-08-12T09:38:23.062+12:00Its a good point you make but I am somewhat concer...Its a good point you make but I am somewhat concerned when "Mission" becomes the primary source for Christian gathering (which seems to be a growing trend in post modern church planting). Surely the chief aim of the gathering of the saints is to worship God (of which Mission is a part). also Wright fails to note (in these quotes at least) that it was the Spirit that propelled the early church into the world...<br /><br />Thanks for the post, it got me thinking.Mark Stevenshttp://revdmarkstevens.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com