So ... What is church?
Exploring a tributary of a question raised in an earlier discussion, our next meeting will focus on what it means to be the church. We have a change in venue, for those who have joined us at House of Aromas, and now meet in the back room at Fair Grounds Coffeehouse at 345 S. Dubuque St. There is plenty of free parking, as it is housed in a building shared by a 3-tier parking ramp. Since the first Wednesday of July falls squarely on Independence Day, we will instead meet the following week on July 11 at 8 p.m.
Some of you have expressed interest in continuing to have an article made available that will help give some direction and structure. If this is helpful, I would direct you all to a membership statement listed at the Ekklesia Project (the link to follow), a non-profit organization in fact designed to renew our idea of what church is. I will caution that this in not the membership statement of our Vineyard community, and has not, to my knowledge, been associated with the broader Vineyard movement. The reason for it's inclusion here is that is seeks to address some of the same questions that will be relevant to us as we define "church", the "body of Christ" and seek understanding of our identity in that context. Keep in mind that we will not use this article as an outline. In fact, we encourage all of you to come ready to ask a question related to this topic, and feel free to post your questions to this page in the comments section as you think of them.
Article:
Church Membership: An Introduction to the Journey by John McFadden and David McCarthy
Some of you have expressed interest in continuing to have an article made available that will help give some direction and structure. If this is helpful, I would direct you all to a membership statement listed at the Ekklesia Project (the link to follow), a non-profit organization in fact designed to renew our idea of what church is. I will caution that this in not the membership statement of our Vineyard community, and has not, to my knowledge, been associated with the broader Vineyard movement. The reason for it's inclusion here is that is seeks to address some of the same questions that will be relevant to us as we define "church", the "body of Christ" and seek understanding of our identity in that context. Keep in mind that we will not use this article as an outline. In fact, we encourage all of you to come ready to ask a question related to this topic, and feel free to post your questions to this page in the comments section as you think of them.
Article:
Church Membership: An Introduction to the Journey by John McFadden and David McCarthy
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