Community
Young Life
Young Life is a really cool ministry that I’m a part of here at Grove. Young Life is a Christian nonprofit that aims on “going where kids are and building personal relationships with them” and “providing fun, adventurous, life changing experiences” while “working in community alongside like-minded adults (volunteer leaders, committee members, donors and staff).”…
Read MoreWhat is the Role of the Church?
Introduction Over the next few blog posts, I want to explore different ideas about the church’s role in the community. Throughout the history of the church, she has played many different roles in many different communities. What roles are appropriate and which are inappropriate? When should it play those roles and in what types of…
Read MoreStill thinking about contextualization…More Questions than Answers
My church was a plant from Grace Anglican in Grove City to Franklin, PA. We are currently in the process of becoming a self-sustaining parish. The first two years in Franklin were difficult because the town was indifferent to our presence. Every time we would reach out to serve the town, whether picking up trash…
Read MoreTether – Digital Ventures to Help People Engage with Each Other
Tether is an online platform that is intended to help Christians connect and engage with other believers in their area. Originally created as a personal app for individuals to be reminded to pray for others and reach out, Tether eventually formed into an LMS system used by Churches to help train and connect those…
Read MoreEarly Church Contextualization
I’ve really been thinking about contextualization. For another class, I recently read Patient Ferment of the Early Church by Alan Kreider. The book seeks to answer the question: How did the early church grow? Kreider does not use the words of entrepreneurship, but I think he may have some insight that can relate to the…
Read MoreHow Important is the Support for Arts in a Community?
When I was a teenager, I found a tremendous sense of meaning in the local music scene. Granted, it was a punk rock scene, and there happened to be many unseemly activities associated with it (my parents were right to be concerned). However, I knew better than to participate in anything illegal. I was just…
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