Chruch pub deleted scraps
Below is what I scrapped in one of my friend's scrap book when we were discussing about church pubs. She scraped me telling that she didn't want me scraping all my thinking and saying in her scrapbook. I never like deleting off what I scrap, because scraps like these are like works of art, or rahter works of thought so I did not want to delete it off completely hence i put an entry in my blog and deleted it off her scrapbook.
I dont agree with the historical basis given for this chruch pub being the 'early chruch', it is gross misintrepretation of what actually happended in the early chruch. I wish the writer had done some research and had had some sanity before coming out with some irrelevant comparisons. The justification for pub cannot come from the model of early chruch.
I wish he had used someother justification rather than the early chruch because the early chruch was completly different. It was about matrydom, love, non-conformity. To my knowledge which is not much I agree, they were selfless people who did not conform to the norms who met in solemn services and prayed. Now, this is the point their acts of love was at homes, each of their homes were places where destitue could come and get as much help and love.
I am for this idea of chruch pub, provided it is undertaken with great caution. But it absurd to try to compare this with the early chruch or as the writer in the website says to consider this as a step towards the reincarnation of the original chruch. Its absolutely ridiculous, it appears to me that the guy has written that just to make the whole thing sound special. This is my subjective take.
My argument for chruch pub will have nothing to do with early church, it would have to do with the body of Christ. Differnet parts have different roles.
Chruch has to cater to the needs around it. If a chruch is in a slum it has to have a social program attached with it, if the chruch is near a college it has to have an entertainment center, if it is in a hippee area it has to have a pub. All chruches must have a counselling center.
Different kinds of chruches reach out to different kinds of people depending on the environment it is in. Period.
The early chruch had its own challenges and it did well. Why? Not because it had a big stragegy, but becaue it had people who were willing to put themselves in the line of fire.
A good pastor's role I believe is to encourage people to put themselves in the line of fire for God's sake.
I dont agree with the historical basis given for this chruch pub being the 'early chruch', it is gross misintrepretation of what actually happended in the early chruch. I wish the writer had done some research and had had some sanity before coming out with some irrelevant comparisons. The justification for pub cannot come from the model of early chruch.
I wish he had used someother justification rather than the early chruch because the early chruch was completly different. It was about matrydom, love, non-conformity. To my knowledge which is not much I agree, they were selfless people who did not conform to the norms who met in solemn services and prayed. Now, this is the point their acts of love was at homes, each of their homes were places where destitue could come and get as much help and love.
I am for this idea of chruch pub, provided it is undertaken with great caution. But it absurd to try to compare this with the early chruch or as the writer in the website says to consider this as a step towards the reincarnation of the original chruch. Its absolutely ridiculous, it appears to me that the guy has written that just to make the whole thing sound special. This is my subjective take.
My argument for chruch pub will have nothing to do with early church, it would have to do with the body of Christ. Differnet parts have different roles.
Chruch has to cater to the needs around it. If a chruch is in a slum it has to have a social program attached with it, if the chruch is near a college it has to have an entertainment center, if it is in a hippee area it has to have a pub. All chruches must have a counselling center.
Different kinds of chruches reach out to different kinds of people depending on the environment it is in. Period.
The early chruch had its own challenges and it did well. Why? Not because it had a big stragegy, but becaue it had people who were willing to put themselves in the line of fire.
A good pastor's role I believe is to encourage people to put themselves in the line of fire for God's sake.