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Do All people fit into Organic Churches or Simple Churches?
Do all people fit in to Organic churches or simple churches? It may be at least for this post that people can be divided into three diffrent catorgies:
A types- A types are interactive. They love to call people up and talk. They send emails. They initiate conversation. They suffer when long sermons are given.
B types are in the middle they have some of both groups
C types- are sort of introverted. They answer the phone with how can I help you. They never send emails but they will often lurke. They will not read and do not like the book, "Pagan Christianity." They are very happy to sit and listen to sermons and do not like interactive sessions. C's might talk to thier wives and people at work but not much more.
OK can you see what my question is. Can Simple organic churches work for all types. Obviously A and some B's will fit right in. But C's will maybe have a harder time or will simply not go.
Were there A's, B's, and C's in the forth century? Did C's welcome the Sophists form of meeting and sort of drag B's and A's along?
A types- A types are interactive. They love to call people up and talk. They send emails. They initiate conversation. They suffer when long sermons are given.
B types are in the middle they have some of both groups
C types- are sort of introverted. They answer the phone with how can I help you. They never send emails but they will often lurke. They will not read and do not like the book, "Pagan Christianity." They are very happy to sit and listen to sermons and do not like interactive sessions. C's might talk to thier wives and people at work but not much more.
OK can you see what my question is. Can Simple organic churches work for all types. Obviously A and some B's will fit right in. But C's will maybe have a harder time or will simply not go.
Were there A's, B's, and C's in the forth century? Did C's welcome the Sophists form of meeting and sort of drag B's and A's along?
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Comment by Rod on June 7, 2009 at 2:43pm -
Yes I like that to be more gracious, embracing and loving and as you say to leave it open ended always considering the possability that people are diffrent but still all are loved by the Lord.
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Comment by Jamie Barnes on June 7, 2009 at 12:03pm
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I think this is a good question that you ask here, Rod. I guess that it amounts to 'how do we embrace people whoever they are?' which is a question that doesn't need an answer, but is a good question left open-ended hanging over our lives and relationships. I like those kind of questions... 'cos they change you.
I guess the challenge is that, if we believe that the Spirit is leading us into a more 'organic' style of body life, it needs to show itself to be the most gracious, embracing and loving expression of Christ on earth that we have yet known. That's exciting, I think.
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