Monday, April 13, 2015

Missions, Denominations, and Honest Questions


What role do denominations play in the work of the local church and the broader mission of God?

One of the great, untapped resources in nearly every denomination is younger leaders and pastors. They are part of every denominational family, yet sometimes that inclusion is tenuous. Denominations are often seen a bureaucratic, inefficient, and unengaged. Yet, those same pastors are often seeing God do great things through church plants, revitalizations, and faithful ministry in various other places.

They aren’t simply doing what everyone has been doing and following some denominational pathway for success. They are blazing new trails and heading in new directions.

That makes for tension in denominations. Keep reading

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