Comments on: Missional Order Debrief

By: Rick Meigs

Rick Meigs — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:37:27 +0000

Spot-on Adam! This is my concern also — either the missional movement disappears or becomes institutionalized. Neight is good and my hope is that we can find some loose organic “order” of apostolic and prophetic leaders that will be able to walk the tension between these two alternatives.

By: Adam G.

Adam G. — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:43:10 +0000

This sounds interesting. Movements always either dissipate or else become institutions. For missional Christianity to continue, it needs to spread through existing structures and perhaps create new ones, but it will have to somehow remain dynamic in order to avoid becoming a sacred cow or just one more approach available to be applied.

By: Headspace @ www.lainiepetersen.com » Be Back Soon!

Headspace @ www.lainiepetersen.com » Be Back Soon! — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 02:54:41 +0000

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By: Rick Meigs

Rick Meigs — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 05:53:38 +0000

Jim, how cool is that! Thanks for sharing the story and I pray we will all look for these opportunities to welcome the stranger.

By: Rick Meigs

Rick Meigs — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 05:51:53 +0000

Lainie:

Strong emphasis in the discussions about moving into back into the neighborhoods. How this plays out could take a number of different forms.

The primary focus of the Order would, in Allelon’s vision, be one of helping local congregations move back into the neighborhood and forming missional leaders who want to go on a journey to help local congregations move back into the neighborhood. The Order itself would not be a group of people intentionally moving into particular neighborhoods together.

By: Jim Regehr

Jim Regehr — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 05:05:16 +0000

Rick, I appreciated your summary of our time together. In the week since leaving Seabeck, I have found myself encouraging the leadership team, that I am a part of, to engage with me in a rythyme of prayer. My wife and I have also started to consider ways of engaging the community around us… yesterday we had people into our home representing four different nations and both ends of Canada… an attempt to welcome the strangers amongst us. Some of the spanish fellows ended up praying with one of the fellas from the east coast… the family from Sri Lanka provided the food, we provided the home…

By: Lainie Petersen

Lainie Petersen — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 03:00:14 +0000

Very interesting indeed!

I am interested in your discussions of “the neighborhood”. Is there any talk of people intentionally moving into particular neighborhoods together? (i.e. some people transplanting themselves so as to join other like-minded folks in this endeavor?)

By: Missional Meanderings &laquo Missional Church Network

Missional Meanderings &laquo Missional Church Network — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 15:34:08 +0000

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By: Peggy

Peggy — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 05:19:01 +0000

Thanks for this summary, Rick. I will be interested to see how the difference between “monastic” and “neo-monastic” manifests itself. There is a tremendous amount of ambiguity that we have to just live with for a while longer…

I’ll get around to my thoughts when I can get my brain wrapped all the way around them ;^)

By: Shawn

Shawn — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 18:50:08 +0000

Sounds very, very interesting. It sounds very much like what are trying to do with our church plant in our city, Rick. I like the emphasis placed upon missional rather than monastic. I look forward to hearing even more.