Church on the move

A blog post by Bishop Will Willimon of the North Alabama Conference of the United Methodist Church.

Church on the Move: In the Power of the Holy Spirit.

My image of the church that appears in the Acts of the Apostles is a church that is being dragged kicking and screaming into ever expanding areas of ministry, breathlessly attempting to keep up with the movements of the risen Lord. That’s evangelism, that’s mission – attempting to keep up with the movements of the Holy Spirit, attempting to keep up and not lag too far behind God’s relentless, restless movement to retake the world.

There is little biblical justification for a church that’s located, situated, bound to one place either geographically or organizationally. “Location, location, location,” was never a statement made by Jesus. How sad that the mission of many of our churches is the acquisition of and the upkeep of real estate.

... It’s a sad irony that our churches that built buildings for ministry have now allowed their ministry to be consumed by buildings.