Envisioning the Congregation, Practicing the Gospel

What kind of leaders are necessary to guide those communities to deploy disciples into the world?

What business are you in? How is business? and What business ought you to be in?

American denominations were divided not so much by doctrinal or liturgical differences as by politics, social class, and ethnicity.

To the surprise of these researchers, the majority of interviewees affiliated with Protestant mainline denominations favored the theological perspective of the “Distant God” over the others.13

Leitourgia, or worshiping

They come mostly to check up on their friends and provide us with a few financial resources to keep their children off drugs and out of each other’s beds.”

By 2012, however, a poll by the Pew Forum discovered that nearly 20 percent (i.e. one in five) of Americans checked “none” or no religious affiliation. One-third of adults under the age of thirty are religiously unaffiliated.

Diakonia, or serving

Waypoint 3: Worship Honors a Wide Range of Human Feelings and Experiences