Tomorrow I leave for Traverse City with two good friends. We are not going there to vacation. We are going to work. We are going to go and get before the God of the universe and align our hearts, minds, and vision to his.
When we return, something old is going to begin again.
A movement.
The Church in the West has largely lost its sense of movement. It has become stagnant, staid, and preservationist. Church leadership teams worry more about how to "keep" people who are "unhappy" about the "program" than they are concerned about going to where those far from Jesus live.
When we return we start again in the old way. We will pray. We will share the Gospel. We will go, build, and send.
The Antioch Movement is not a church. It is to be a gathering of the people of God sent to multiply as a living organism representing King Jesus.
People keep asking me, "How are things going with the new church plant?" The reality is we are not starting something new. We are tapping into something old, something ancient, something future, but not something new.
I believe that the Antioch Movement will be the embodiment of what the church ought to be.
Antioch Movement sounds refreshing. I might add that while it may not be "a" church, it will be church for those who join the Movement. Of course, so much negativity is associated with that word - unfortunately. Also, the word "ought" in any conversation that also has the word "church" ....
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