Local Churches and Parachurch ministries have a long history of struggle. One can even broaden this to other Modality (community-based) versus Sodality (purpose-based) structures. Jesus and his ministry band was often in conflict with the temple and synagogue system. One might be quick to side with the ministry band, and be against the temple and …
Tag: church and missions
Self-Reflection, Part II
OKAY... CONFESSION TIME. I have a job in a missions organization (administrator of a Christian Counseling and Training Center). I also have had a role as missions director in more than one local church. I found myself drifting away from doing good work as missions director. Why? Because the churches had relatively little interest in …
The Uncomfortable Missionary in Church
I have to confess this a bit. I really enjoy missions work much more than church work. I am not alone in this. <I will put my confession in a follow-up post.> The Monastic movement in the early churches (Orthodox, Coptic, Nestorian, Roman Catholic, Celtic and Abyssinian... at least) was a rejection, in part, of …