Anne Jackson re-posted the following post that I haven't tracked all the way through to it's source, but if you're so inclined, go for it. In light of questions and discussions about Calvary Chapel leadership taking place in boardrooms, coffee shops, and the blogosphere, I thought I'd post this interesting tidbit:
institution or movement?
H R Niebuhr suggests the following contrasts between movements and institutions with regard to the church.
INSTITUTION
Conservative
Passive and yielding to external influences
Looks to the past
Anxious
Guards boundariesMOVEMENT
Progressive
Active, influencing rather than influenced
Looks to the future
Risk-taking
Crosses boundaries
So what about, Calvary Chapel? Which are we?
4 comments:
I def. think we are a movement.
Darlene
I see the author is H R Niebuhr and I'm wondering if it's the Reinhold Niebur (1892-1971) who wrote the serenity prayer:
God grant me the
Serenity to accept the things
I cannot change,
Courage to change the things I can,
Wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time,
Enjoying one moment at a time,
Accepting hardship as the pathway to peace,
Taking, as He did, this sinful
World as it is, not as I would have it,
Trusting, that He will make all
things right if I surrender
to His Will,
That I may be reasonably happy
in this life, and supremely
happy with Him forever in the next.
Amen.
I appreciate that prayer. Even though I like to be creative, there are times, when I definitely can't come up with words any better than those. I think that as I pray and live the serenity prayer, I'm growing from institution to movement as a work in progress, one day at a time.
Thanks,
funny how small a world it is, bryon...anne jackson and her husband are friends here in dallas...hope you're well.
jeremy
Both, leaning toward a movement.
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