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Category Archives: The Future of the Progressive Churches of Christ
The Future of the Progressive Churches of Christ: The Christian Standard Weighs In (Fourth Question, part 1)
How does our current historical amnesia affect the vitality of the Restoration Movement institutions? Should we care? The Standard asks, If megachurches and new churches are a prophetic whisper of who we are becoming, are we making ourselves vulnerable as … Continue reading
The Future of the Progressive Churches of Christ: The Christian Standard Weighs In (Third Question)
How do we function as independents without encouraging free agency? The Standard writes, If a church or ministry in our movement chooses to, it’s easy for them to operate as a “free agent.” There are church planters who have started … Continue reading
The Future of the Progressive Churches of Christ: The Christian Standard Weighs In (Second Question)
Can’t we embrace the “unity thing” without dismantling our distinctives and settled doctrines? The Christian Standard writes, I love the spirit of cooperation evident in our churches today as we missionally engage issues of poverty and justice in partnership with … Continue reading
The Future of the Progressive Churches of Christ: The Christian Standard Weighs In (First Question)
As I mentioned in the last post under this topic, the Christian Standard has asked 5 questions about the future of the Restoration Movement. This first is — Are we really still a movement? The Standard refers to a definition … Continue reading
The Future of the Progressive Churches of Christ: The Christian Standard Weighs In (Introduction)
Some time ago, I posted a series of articles asking about the future of the progressive Churches of Christ. Are we going to merge with the independent Christian Churches? Become a collection of detached community churches with no common works? … Continue reading
The Future of the Progressive Churches of Christ: A Drug-Induced Dream
I’ve been passing these kidney stones, and I have to take some pretty powerful drugs. And drugs lead to some very strange dreams. I woke, or so it seemed, about 100 years from now. I was surrounded by kind but … Continue reading
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The Future of the Progressive Churches of Christ: Part 10, If I Were Pope
Well, the Churches of Christ don’t have a pope, or anything close to it. And I don’t think we should. And if we did, it certainly shouldn’t be me. But if God were to make me the progressive Churches of … Continue reading
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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 7.5, Is This Any Way to Run a War?
I’ve mentioned my worries about the longterm viability of some of our institutions as the Churches of Christ continue to divide. And I’ve mentioned our difficulties in cooperating. While I’m on the subject, let me explain a closely related problem … Continue reading
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