Excellent comment, especially the part about the accountability and intimacy in small churches. Keep on ranting!

And, to tell you the truth, I don’t work at GES any more. It’s a long story, with several different versions floating around. If you hear a version from someone, make sure you get all sides of the story!

Anyway, I’m desperately looking for work. Know of anything?

Once again, another excellent post. I actually respect those who ask the questions as long as they do it in a irenic spirit. Unfortunately, most of what we see in the blogoshpere and internet space is people who are unaccountable to any authority scripture or otherwise.

As a pastor you love them because their sheep, as a fellow Christian you are frustrated with them because they have been brainwashed by churchernity (like modernity). One practical example, trying to start a small house church, you might have a few people and even then their attendance is spotty. THen on Sunday you go to the “big” church, and it is filled to capacity, and there is no end in sight and no plan visible to either plant a church or expand the facilities.

The most intimate and also dangerous place is a small group/house church. Why? The enemy doesn’t want people to get information and think for themselves. The enemy doesn’t want mutual accountability for each other. Finally, the enemy does not want us to show our love for each other and have the outside world see it and draw more to Christ Jesus.

Enough ranting for now.

Jim

P.S. Do you still edit the journal for Bob?