More from Alan Hirsch

Read this in the context of the last post about the fun-fair.


Alan Hirsch writes this in the context of discussing Alpha and mission.

"How can this be? A major part of the problem is that although largely dechurched people do come to faith in Jesus through Alpha, it seems that they still don’t want to ‘go to church.’ It’s that darn ‘Jesus, yes, Church no” phenomenon again! People will come to faith in small intimate communities of friends but generally don’t want the organised religion part of the deal. This swapping of agendas has sometimes been perceived as a ‘bait and switch’ strategy is generally considered unethical in the commercial world. So we have now reached the vexing situation that the prevailing expression of church (Christendom) has become a major stumbling block to the spread of Christianity in the West."

http://www.theforgottenways.org/blog/index.php/2007/03/02/the-new-tribalism-part-ii/

I guess the challenge is to continue meeting with people, sharing the gospel and developing relational networks and small groups to infiltrate our community.