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The Future of the Progressive Churches of Christ: Part 9, A New Restorationism
It’s just so easy, and facile, to say the Restoration Movement has run its course and we need to do something else now. If that were entirely true, why aren’t we all Baptists or Methodists or something else? Why are … Continue reading
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The Future of the Progressive Churches of Christ: Part 8, Predictions
Only God knows the future, and he’s not shared it with me. But here’s my best guess. And it’s part of why I’m so unhappy with how we progressives are acting. This is, of course, the unless-something-happens-to-fix-it version. * Many … Continue reading
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The Future of the Progressive Churches of Christ: Part 7, On Being Held Back by Forgotten Fights
Now, one of the biggest reasons we don’t know how to cooperate to accomplish truly large tasks, such as missions, church planting, and publishing Sunday school literature, is the old “missionary society” controversy. A missionary society is just a nonprofit … Continue reading
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The Future of the Progressive Churches of Christ: Part 6, Forgetting Who We Are
* The progressives are moving so rapidly into a generic evangelicalism that we may lose the Godly parts of our Restoration Movement heritage. We have much to contribute to the evangelical mainstream — but not if we forget who we … Continue reading
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The Future of the Progressive Churches of Christ: Part 5, Leaving the Conservatives Behind
* The progressives have largely turned our backs on the conservatives, not creating the literature or institutions necessary to bring more conservatives into the progressive fold. Let’s suppose that a group of progressive thought leaders got together to develop a … Continue reading
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The Future of the Progressive Churches of Christ: Part 4, Defining Our Challenges
My concerns with us are – * The progressives have failed to articulate a thoughtful, comprehensive theology for why we believe what we believe. * The progressives have largely turned our backs on the conservatives, not creating the literature or … Continue reading
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The Future of the Progressive Churches of Christ: Part 3, Compassion for the Conservatives
To understand my complaints with the progressives (including me), I have to explain some of my concerns for the spiritual state of the conservatives. Do you remember my earlier summary of Joe Beam’s article on what’s going on in the … Continue reading
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