How Communities of Performance Impede Mission
Cool Find from here and in an email I received.
How Communities of Performance Impede Mission
Tim Chester
Communities of Performance
- People talk about grace, but communicate legalism
- Unbelievers can’t imagine themselves as Christians
- Drive away broken people
- The world is seen as threatening and ‘other’
- Conversion is superficial—people are called to respectable behavior
- People are secretly hurting
- People see faith and repentance as actions that took place at conversion
- The gospel is for unbelievers
Communities of Grace
- People can see grace in action
- Unbelievers feel like they can belong
- Attract broken people
- People are loved as fellow sinners in need of grace
- Conversion is radical—people are called to transformed affections
- People are open about their problems
- People see faith and repentance as daily activities
- The gospel is for both unbelievers and believers