Church: Instrumental vs. Incarnational
There are two dominate ways to see church. Instrumental or Incarnational. The instrumental church asks, "What are we doing and are we doing it well?" The incarnation church asks, "Who are we becoming and are we more like Christ?"
It's not an either/or. The church needs both, but the question is what is the heart of the church? Is it to build a big ministry or is it to become more loving? Which is first? This is the question the church needs to answer.
You can usually tell how people have answered by looking at their calendars. If the calendar has lots of names of committees or programs, they are bent toward instrumental. If their calendar has people's names and hang out times, they lean more towards incarnational. What's yours look like?
It's not an either/or. The church needs both, but the question is what is the heart of the church? Is it to build a big ministry or is it to become more loving? Which is first? This is the question the church needs to answer.
You can usually tell how people have answered by looking at their calendars. If the calendar has lots of names of committees or programs, they are bent toward instrumental. If their calendar has people's names and hang out times, they lean more towards incarnational. What's yours look like?
posted by mike vanderkwaak at
8:46 PM
2 Comments:
I appreciate your affirmation of the "both", not the "either/or". Well done.
Peace,
Jamie
let me echo jamie's affirmation of the "both" and not the "either/or"
my leaning is toward the incarnation side
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