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Recognizing the City Church that Already Exists

Reflections on City Church – A Chain Blog Main Claim: Since city church already exists, we must figure out how to recognize and nurture it. In every city where Christians are present, a city church already exists as potential reality, … Continue reading

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Pondering City Church: An Introduction

Last year (2008), Alan Knox started a chain blog, dialoging on the NT concept of “city church.”  I’ve been pondering this topic since July of this year and Alan recommended that I check out the chain blog.  I agree. Having … Continue reading

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Is there a place for doctrinal clustering?

There has been some discussion of late concerning doctrinal taxonomies and the divisions that can occur (and have occurred) as a result. Much of the discussion has centered on whether or not it is biblical to separate over doctrinal disagreements.  … Continue reading

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Accidental Ecclesiology: Where

Having pondered my way through essential ecclesiology–the whatness, whoness, and whyness of Church–I move on to accidental ecclesiology.  Accidents, as a reminder, are not those things that happen when one is paying more attention to texting than to driving.  Accidents … Continue reading

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