I got a new phone today, it’s a Droid. My Blackberry was a good phone, but as different things are changing in the life of SoulSearch, and as we’re getting clearer ideas of what God is calling us to be, the Blackberry was insufficient to meet the demands that were coming. I think it’s funny the way technology works, how something can be cutting edge one day and creeping up on obsolete the next. But as our needs change, our tools must evolve to meet that change.

I think that idea is applicable to ecclesiology (the way we think about church) as well. I believe the Church is one of the coolest blessings God has given us and we should submit to our elders and pastors as they strive to accomplish God’s vision for her. However, that doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t hold on to certain aspects of how we are the Church loosely and constantly be willing to review, and reflect on, not only our core beliefs about Church but also why they are our core beliefs.

This idea of reviewing and refining the way we seek to express the life of the Church is significant for a guy like me who’s laboring (with faithful friends) to reinvent what it means to be the Church. We are doing this not to destroy the Church, but in an attempt to reach the people that have rejected her (at least in her current incarnation). I don’t pretend to have it all figured out, but I’m grateful for the chance to try and be something a little different. Pray for us as we move forward; eternity is too important for us to mess up.

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