“Paradoxically, the reformed churches embraced the criminalization of sin and shifted towards individualism as a means of freeing people from the onerous demands of the Church. The Church unwittingly propelled Western society into secularism and inaugurated the immanent frame, which remains our primary mindset in the West. Jesus endeavored to free people from a centralized, hierarchical, religious system of laws that benefited the few. As the Church became a principality, it created just such a system.” ReformationProtestantismMissional ChurchVocations Book:Vocatio: Imaging a Visible Church Source: Vocatio: Imaging a Visible Church
“Reclaiming neighborliness as part of the communal life is essential to Christ’s vision. No person can live unto themselves. It is simply impossible. But, more importantly the personalization of neighborliness returns authority to the members of the small community the local church serves. Its members start to care for one another again, which taps into the inclusive DNA of the Jesus Movement.” JesusCommunityMissionMissional ChurchNeighborlinessVocations Book:Vocatio: Imaging a Visible Church Source: Vocatio: Imaging a Visible Church