What I Am For (final links)

Last week, this site was host to a collective of many of my friends retelling the stories of how they left the traditional models of church for various reasons (click here for a pdf version of The Exodus Papers). I want to thank all of the readers who left us encouraging comments and shared with us how their own stories related to and mirrored ours. I also want to thank those who offered a different perspective and shared how they were still apart of traditional models of church and how God was still stirring in those contexts. It served as a gentle reminder to me as well that God has not given up nor forgotten his bride.

Over the last 6 months, during my “exodus”, I’ve really struggled with the tension between these two worlds. Of having and voicing “a prophetic call to rethink” to the organized “church world” and loving the “called out community of God” (a more suitable term for church for me) as Christ loves it.

Last week we shared with you our wounds of exile. This week, I’d like to share with you our dreams for the gathered. I know this may be overkill for some (with 2 weeks back-to-back of “church talk”) but this is about as inspired as I’ve been in a while. And I also feel like I’m “doing” some constructive theology for the first time in a long time.

Here are the final links.

What I Am For - Dream One

What I Am For - Dream Two

What I Am For - Dream Three

What I Am For - Dream Four

What I Am For - Dream Five