What is organic church?
Here is a pdf booklet from www.HouseChurchResource.org.
Explains a little what it is about.
ORGANIC CHURCH Something new in case you might be interested
I believe this is happening all over Scandinavia. We hope to see this spread like a wild fire in Gothenburg!
More coming soon!
I am finding that the institution of the church is often more of a hindrance to the community of faith then God intended the church to be. This is not a new argument but is a realistic turning point in relation to my personal journey. I see clearly the church turning to program and away from passion of the missio Dei. The church begins to decline at that point. The power for posture and position poisons the authenticity of the community. The Church outside the institution concerns itself with equality and eliminates posture and position. It has it’s focus on Jesus as Lord and service in His mission. It values Kingdom principles over modern statutes creating a paradox the institution can not support. It changes from self possession to shared expression and creates dynamic in the community. The church must brake out of this cage and be free. What a great day that would be!
What if Jesus was the center of everything we do? Not our history, not our doctrine, not our culture, not our church, not our denomination, just Jesus and His mission.
What if we focused on His mission? Reaching out to and building relationships with the marginal, the outcast, the lonely, the sick. What if we would love God and Love people?
What if our Sunday morning worship was a time to adore and stand at awe to our God and our weekdays was a time of loving, giving, forgiving, helping, healing, caring, sharing, building relationships with people?
What if we would read his Word as a story we are a part of and not a doctrine or a creed? How would we live, how would we act?
What would happen if we allowed Jesus to impact our lives so we could impact others?
What if…
Oh January 10th I co-hosted together with Fredrik Hellström and Mattias Neve a long awaited Missional Roundtable.
12 people from different parts of Sweden gathered in Stockholm at Betel Folkhögskola for a conversation that for me was very inspirational and encouraging. I believe it sparked something, in all of us who attended. It brought some hope for the future of the community of faith in Sweden and inspiration for a missional thrust of the Church. If we came to any kind of conclusion it was that we need more of these conversations in Sweden that can encourage more missional lifestyles in our communities. Added: Check out blog Mattias Neve’s blog for more information about our conversation.
I am looking forward to the next one!
This is good - from the book Transforming Mission, David Bosch p.390:
“In attempting to flesh out the missio Dei concept, the following could be said: In the new image mission is not primarliy an activity of the church, but an attribute of God. God is a missionary God. “It is not the church that has a mission of salvation to fulfil in the world; it is the mission of the Son and the Spirit through the Father that includes the church”. Mission is there by seen as a movement from God to the world; the church is viewed as an instrument for that mission. There is church because there is mission, not vise versa. To participate in mission is to participate in the movement of God’s love toward people, since God is a fountain of sending love.”
Much can be said but this is enough to meditate on! Think about it!!
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. Søren Kierkegaard
