Lou asked this question in response to yesterday's post about willow creek etc and i've been thinking about it all morning while trying to fix the computer of a member of my youth group- a task which is looking less and less possible as it becomes more and more likely that the hard drive has turned into toast!
I was really moved to here about Graham Horsley's words at Easter People, where he spoke of being in a David and Goliath battle and his giant being the structure and institution of the Methodist Church. I can see where he's coming from. All the structures that are inplace seem to be hindering rather than encouraging growth... but judging by this article in the Times this week, i guess every denomination has it's own giant!
What does excite me is that, although it is behind most denominations, the methodist church is starting to take the emerging church seriously and is slowly realising that charismatic worship is not the be all and end all eg. in september the methodist church is employing a new guy to work on fresh expressions stuff alongside Steven Croft.
What worries me is that i don't think people are taking this movement seriously enough to reverse the current decline in membership...
That's funny. That's the second time today someone's mentioned Graham's Easter People message - weird!
Thanks for the swift reply, I didn't mean to interrupt your work.
Posted by: lou | June 09, 2005 at 07:02 PM