tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321604364389095781.post2544579522213108711..comments2023-10-07T03:53:30.709-04:00Comments on old men planting churches: Notes from imagine/northampton's Very Second WorshipKit McDermotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17818705153986043363noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321604364389095781.post-53767089511289722312009-12-07T20:58:46.775-05:002009-12-07T20:58:46.775-05:00"Those who sow in tears will reap with songs ..."Those who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy. He who goes out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with him." Ps 126: 5-6<br /><br />Great post, Kit. Our prayers are always the first work of the harvest.jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15652821617942045737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321604364389095781.post-28937590951495865302009-11-02T12:56:12.014-05:002009-11-02T12:56:12.014-05:00I look forward to hearing your next post on what y...I look forward to hearing your next post on what you hope the church will look like. I believe church services should be evangelistic, in that the Gospel is always proclaimed. But the church comes to worship and to be equipped for its sending out into the world as a witness to Christ. <br /><br />Rather than creating seeker-friendly services, churches need to be in the business of creating and equipping seeker-friendly Christians. This is a more missional bent, and flies in the face of what WillowCreek et al has been up to.<br /><br />All that's to say is that I would think that having 99, even 100% Christians in your worship service is not something to be bemoaned. Rather, what do those Christians come away with in terms of equipment for their witness throughout the week. And what other times and places is Imagine engaging the world beyond the church itself. Because these are surely needed. I just don't think worship is necessarily the right place to do it.Chris TerryNelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03160910808665941467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321604364389095781.post-89345297317310349062009-11-02T11:15:18.381-05:002009-11-02T11:15:18.381-05:00Thanks for your honesty. Ashley and I are looking ...Thanks for your honesty. Ashley and I are looking forward to talking with you with what we feel we have been seeing and hearning regarding Imagine.Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16194536917164579305noreply@blogger.com