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What if we rethink church?.....
...What if church was less about Sunday and more about the other days of the week?
...What if church wasn’t just a place we go, but something we do; a menu of adventure, an active verb instead of a noun?
...What if church wasn’t just a building but thousands of doors, each of them opening up to a different concept or experience of church, so that whoever knocks might find a journey to call their own?
...What if church was the way church was in the beginning; outbound, unbound, active – human beings from completely different worlds, united by common purpose, experience, and belief creating real solutions for their daily lives?
...What if church looked at itself with seekers eyes, recognizing that even the smallest step through one of our doors is an act of courage, a moment of vulnerability - that solving a secular need can lead to spiritual interaction, that social relationships can offer opportunities for discussions of faith and provide inspiration for discovery, and that for a skeptical world actions often do speak louder than words?
...What if church was more of an “out-of-church” experience, an opportunity to prove what we say we believe with our lives?
Then, perhaps, Sunday could be a day of rest and reflection on all that we have accomplished Monday through Saturday.
What if we rethink church, not in terms of what it is but what it could be?
And what if we could convince the world to do the same?
............From the "ReThink Church" video produced by United Methodist Communications (UMCOM)
To see the video, click here
...What if church was less about Sunday and more about the other days of the week?
...What if church wasn’t just a place we go, but something we do; a menu of adventure, an active verb instead of a noun?
...What if church wasn’t just a building but thousands of doors, each of them opening up to a different concept or experience of church, so that whoever knocks might find a journey to call their own?
...What if church was the way church was in the beginning; outbound, unbound, active – human beings from completely different worlds, united by common purpose, experience, and belief creating real solutions for their daily lives?
...What if church looked at itself with seekers eyes, recognizing that even the smallest step through one of our doors is an act of courage, a moment of vulnerability - that solving a secular need can lead to spiritual interaction, that social relationships can offer opportunities for discussions of faith and provide inspiration for discovery, and that for a skeptical world actions often do speak louder than words?
...What if church was more of an “out-of-church” experience, an opportunity to prove what we say we believe with our lives?
Then, perhaps, Sunday could be a day of rest and reflection on all that we have accomplished Monday through Saturday.
What if we rethink church, not in terms of what it is but what it could be?
And what if we could convince the world to do the same?
............From the "ReThink Church" video produced by United Methodist Communications (UMCOM)
To see the video, click here
