During my time in Seminary, I felt ever more keenly the great weaknesses of the church: our apathy and worldliness, our troubles and tensions, our administrative and theological shortcomings, and blah blah blah. It can sometimes be difficult for me to believe that this church---this group of failing disciples---could turn the world upside down.
One morning I asked my professor, "With the apparent fall of denominationalism, what do you foresee as the future of our denomination?"
One morning I asked my professor, "With the apparent fall of denominationalism, what do you foresee as the future of our denomination?"
His reply: "This church started as a movement and it will end as a movement."
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"This church started as a movement and it will end as a movement." What good food for thought.
I like the fact that it was a professor who said that. I'm not sure why, but I do. It's a little scary to think of how a movement will arise from the dust of (sort of) ancient church structure. But it's also kind of exciting. I'm glad God knows.
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