Churches: Network and Local
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If you can get past the trendy phrases, there's some interesting ideas in Small Ritual - Network and portfolio church on Steve Collin's website. There are a lot of link-minded fellowships among Friends these days, held together by email and regular gatherings. For many these connections are more important that their local meetings. I'm a big fan of localism even though so much of my life is conducted with friends I rarely see face-to-face. I certainly relate to the angst he describes and am intrigued by the suggestion that both are possible:
We end up in a state of angst over whether we are 'local' enough and whether we shouldn't be trying harder to make 'local community', all the while devaluing the actual relationships and communities we operate in - somehow not counting them as 'real' or as arenas for the Gospel because they're not local or are mediated electronically.
Don't miss What would Jesus Wear and Spiritual Signage posts on the same site. Found via Jordan Cooper--he has good commentary on this too .
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