Needed: A Huge Shift in the Journey of Churches
A Column in the Baptist Associations Series with Applications for all Local Denominational Organizations
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Needed: A Huge Shift in the Journey of Churches
By George Bullard
Let’s ban all “re-” words when talking about the journey of churches. “Re-” words are about going back, doing something again and preserving the way things were in the past.
Examples are reenvision, revitalize, renew, revive, rethink and replant.
We do not need this approach.
We need churches to journey forward to the new thing God is in the process of doing in and through them.
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(Note: Consult recent columns on church sabbaticals and a year of jubilee found HERE.)
To read your words, George, is to call them mind your from a conference years ago, something: “Church should always redevelop forward.” (Sorry about the re-word.) I look forward to hearing your ideas with having to those re-words. Surely we need forward movement toward God’s vision and direction. Thanks.
George, I often recommend “CAPTURED by VISION: 101 Insights to Empower Your Congregation” whenever I’m asked for a resource! Wracking my brain to recall the author’s name! LOL!