Definitions
OK...Evan wants an update, so here it is. I will update the church one next week and mine with a real post. For now, however, I am working on short, succinct & powerful definitions for the following terms: worship, outreach, discipleship. Here is what I've come up with so far.
WORSHIP: focussed adoration of God.
OUTREACH: earning the right to speak the truth about God's mighty acts into the lives of our friends and neighbors.
DISCIPLESHIP: people spurring one another on toward Christian maturity.
What do you think? What problems do you see with these? What should I change? What should I add?
posted by EF + at 6:59 AM
5 Comments:
Are you saying we have to earn the right to outreach or that outreach earns us that right to step into someone's lives to lead them to God?
great question. Outreach is what we do to earn the to step into someone's lives to lead them to God.
Maybe you could add prayer
The church historically has three missions, by pretty much the same definitions, named a bit differently: Worship, Wait and Bear Witness.
elaboration? --- wait? is this an eschatalogical issue?
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