If you have tuned in to church-planting chatter lately, you may have
heard something along these lines: “We’re more about community, you’re
about a Sunday event.” “We’re more about being missional, you’re more
about a pulpit.” It’s an emphasis on community and/or mission, over
preaching.
Similarly, I recently heard this advice: “If you are on your way to
the Sunday gathering and see your neighbor painting his fence, forget
the gathering, turn around, go home and get your paintbrush.”
Now, serving our neighbors for the gospel is faithful, no doubt.
Painting your neighbors fence could be in-roads to sharing the only
message that saves.
Genuine biblical community is a non-negotiable for
the local church.
Dangerous Dichotomies
Even so, among church-planting discussion, there seems to be a false
distinction between “community” and “missional,” and the ministry of the
pulpit. There is a temptation to consider the pulpit a less
fashionable, or even an optional, accoutrement to real, church-planting
ministry. Keep Reading>>>
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