Comments on: The Center of My World http://deregnochristi.org/2007/09/27/the-center-of-my-world/ The Reign of Christ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:52:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: James Jordan http://deregnochristi.org/2007/09/27/the-center-of-my-world/#comment-2087 James Jordan Fri, 28 Sep 2007 22:20:29 +0000 http://deregnochristi.org/2007/09/27/the-center-of-my-world/#comment-2087 Well, sure, Darryl. We care about other churches. My own local church, at my suggestion (pause to congratulate myself), prays in the liturgy each week for one of the other local churches: baptist, pentecostal, etc. But. How do we get into those churches with Reformation ideas? It's going to take a long time. One of our number has had great success, to an extent, in his city and has lectured at our conferences on this. But it is going to be a long haul. But, we DO care!! Well, sure, Darryl. We care about other churches. My own local church, at my suggestion (pause to congratulate myself), prays in the liturgy each week for one of the other local churches: baptist, pentecostal, etc.

But.

How do we get into those churches with Reformation ideas? It’s going to take a long time. One of our number has had great success, to an extent, in his city and has lectured at our conferences on this. But it is going to be a long haul.

But, we DO care!!

]]> By: D Hart http://deregnochristi.org/2007/09/27/the-center-of-my-world/#comment-2050 D Hart Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:00:42 +0000 http://deregnochristi.org/2007/09/27/the-center-of-my-world/#comment-2050 Doug, much here with which I sympathize. The Lord's Day, worship and the local congregation are crucial to the Christian ministry, no matter what denomination or tradition. But I wonder about the other churches. To be Reformed is to believe in the unity of the church. That means at least some affirmation of connectionalism, and that I can't be content simply with my own congregations but the others, which has led to church polity of a Presbyterian kind. So again the issue of ecclesiology rears its head. A Reformed churchman would typically be concerned about other churches that don't have the vision thing. Doug, much here with which I sympathize. The Lord’s Day, worship and the local congregation are crucial to the Christian ministry, no matter what denomination or tradition. But I wonder about the other churches. To be Reformed is to believe in the unity of the church. That means at least some affirmation of connectionalism, and that I can’t be content simply with my own congregations but the others, which has led to church polity of a Presbyterian kind.

So again the issue of ecclesiology rears its head. A Reformed churchman would typically be concerned about other churches that don’t have the vision thing.

]]> By: JMeyers http://deregnochristi.org/2007/09/27/the-center-of-my-world/#comment-2036 JMeyers Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:37:36 +0000 http://deregnochristi.org/2007/09/27/the-center-of-my-world/#comment-2036 This is a great post, Doug. My practice and thoughts exactly. This is a great post, Doug. My practice and thoughts exactly.

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