Dan Kimball seeks understanding of NonChurch folks, what about NonChurch Christians?

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Three quotes from Dan Kimball, author, from his book, 




They like Jesus 


but not the Church.

There is a lot of freedom that I believe the Scriptures give us in terms of how we go about being the church on mission. As we began listening to local people like a missionary would, we realized that we would need to break a lot of stereotypes about church and Christians and build trust. Santa Cruz is an extremely liberal and progressive town with younger adults and university students who don't have too much favor towards the church and Christianity. <p > </p >


"[T]he whole 'emerging church' world became understandably confusing, and I even stopped using the phrase." <p ></p>


A church can call themselves missional -- an author can even write about missional -- but I want to hear stories about how this is lived out. What are the names and stories of non-Christians who are in the lives of leaders?"<p ></p>

how about:

They like Christians

but not the Church.

For a video on Kimball's theme, go to refWrite's YouTube collection yUT2ube.


For a view that rabidly hereticizes Kimball, see here.




'NonChurch Christian' does not mean anti-Church Christian (not necessarily, altho some may use the phrase that way instead of as a simple honest descriptor); nor does it mean this position is permanent, nor perceived as normative, for a person stancing herself / himself this way.  It's not another sect, nor churchly ideology.   For a person of reformational Christian convictions it does  not exclude the possibility of participating in organized Christian witness and service thru Christian organizations at work in various spheres of life outside that of the institutional churches. 


Me?  I love the Lord Jesus Christ, but I'm outside all institutional churches for the time being, for the meanwhyld.


-- posted by Owlb