Month: December 2015
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Misunderstanding Organic Church
The term ‘organic church’ is often misunderstood as a description of: A way to do church, i.e. a house church A non-institutional expression of church A church system without hierarchical leadership A free-flowing, Spirit-led gathering An expression of church that has no form or organization to it All of this misses the point and causes…
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Religionless Christianity
In one of his last letters Dietrich Bonhoeffer described his thoughts on “religionless Christianity” and a “non religious interpretation of biblical concepts.” Bonhoeffer was concerned that church people in Germany were content to simply wear a thin “garment” of Christianity. One biographer wrote about Bonhoeffer’s meaning of religionless Christianity: In this process, religion itself, considered…