Denominations and church planting (contd)
I blogged two weeks ago about my journey into church planting and discussions I have been having with various denominations. The discussions have been illuminating and enjoyable.
Fast forward to last week. I was in Seattle at Re:Train learning about Spiritual Formation and Discipleship. It was an encouraging and challenging time and I’m excited for how God will work in me and the other students over the course of this year. One of the curious items last week was the number of posts in the “blogosphere” that seemed to cast derision onto Re:Train, the faculty, Mars Hill, Mark Driscoll, and Acts 29. They all came from websites associated in some way to Southern Baptists. It was quite disheartening and it sure seemed like Satan was working last week to stop the work of godly men and women to advance the Gospel.
Today, Scott Thomas, Acts 29 Director, posted an article detailing some of the back-and-forth. The clarification is important, if for no other reason that it destroys the straw men used in the other blog posts. My prayer is that this “controversy” stops, for the Devil would love nothing more than to continue this “death by ‘brothers‘”