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Ordination, church planting, and missions

Slumberfreeze said:
Pre-empt them. Strike without warning. Call a meeting with them before they hear of it. Maximize chaos. Quote Sir Mix a lot lyric with impassioned seriousness. Leave before they respond. Impede their ability to follow you. Have your wife set fire to their cars while you're at the meeting.

Some days later, when they hear that you are in a poly relationship, it will not change where you stand with them.
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Solid gold. :cool:
 
andrew said:
Slumber: Dang, brother, preach it!

Dreamer: We are ramping up an equipping ministry here for this very reason: Too many of us too spread out and too isolated to gather on a regular basis, so we're just going to have to start working with each other to start local fellowships on the ground where we are.

I agree with Slumber, no need to call it a 'house church', which is why above I used 'fellowship' (as a nod to koinonia) and 'gather' (as in 'gathering', as a nod to ekklesia).

God willing we'll be able to roll out some specifics at the Summer Conference.
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I've been longing for this for some time brother. An open denomination of sorts which welcomes PM families and views.
 
Dat's da plan. Prolly not 'denomination' as much as 'association', but that's the right idea.
 
Part of what we're doing here is reviving manhood, and the authority/responsibility of each adult male in his home. The last thing I want us to do is hang out a shingle that says "we claim to be right about everything, come join us". It's about grownup men who have the stones to live counter-culturally finding other grownups to work together with to restore a functional culture (as opposed to the dysfunctional one we live in) and to raise up the next generation of grownup men.
 
The key thing to remember here are that there are thousands of theological details someone can be wrong about. Polygamy being just one of them. Every single individual, mission board, denomination, is wrong about a whole pile of stuff. That includes you and me - we just don't know what we're wrong about.

So, should you not work with a mission board who differs in their view on the celebration of Easter vs Passover? Should you not send a new convert to a church just because their pastor preaches a pre-trib rapture and you think he's wrong? Should you have a really serious special meeting with your mission board about whether hormonal contraception is permissible because someone might get upset if you personally equate it to abortion, and may eventually object to paying to support the 10 kids you think you might end up with as a result sometime in the distant future?

Or should you focus on the Gospel and not let disagreements over such peripheral issues get between you and saving souls?

Just ignore polygamy. Focus on the fundamental task of salvation. Answer questions honestly if and when they arrive, but don't be the one to rock the boat. Just do your job and leave the boat rocking to anyone who decides to challenge you. Build up a solid reputation as a reliable and dedicated worker so that anyone will have to count the cost to the mission before even considering challenging you.
 
FollowingHim said:
The key thing to remember here are that there are thousands of theological details someone can be wrong about. Polygamy being just one of them. Every single individual, mission board, denomination, is wrong about a whole pile of stuff. That includes you and me - we just don't know what we're wrong about.

So, should you not work with a mission board who differs in their view on the celebration of Easter vs Passover? Should you not send a new convert to a church just because their pastor preaches a pre-trib rapture and you think he's wrong? Should you have a really serious special meeting with your mission board about whether hormonal contraception is permissible because someone might get upset if you personally equate it to abortion, and may eventually object to paying to support the 10 kids you think you might end up with as a result sometime in the distant future?

Or should you focus on the Gospel and not let disagreements over such peripheral issues get between you and saving souls?

Just ignore polygamy. Focus on the fundamental task of salvation. Answer questions honestly if and when they arrive, but don't be the one to rock the boat. Just do your job and leave the boat rocking to anyone who decides to challenge you. Build up a solid reputation as a reliable and dedicated worker so that anyone will have to count the cost to the mission before even considering challenging you.
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Excellent!!! :D So glad to have you back, brother!
 
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