{"id":5666,"date":"2010-05-20T07:00:08","date_gmt":"2010-05-20T12:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/?p=5666"},"modified":"2010-05-19T17:15:39","modified_gmt":"2010-05-19T22:15:39","slug":"brian-mclaren-at-transform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/brian-mclaren-at-transform\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian McLaren at TransFORM"},"content":{"rendered":"

A couple of weeks back, Brian McLaren talked to a room full of missionally-minded church planters and lay people at the TransFORM<\/a> East Coast Conference (which was free by the way).<\/p>\n

I thought it was a great message and well worth sharing here.<\/p>\n


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\nI know some may disagree with Brian and his theology but he still comes at it very humbly — and I admire and appreciate that about him.<\/p>\n

A couple of the take home points for me that I shared with a few of you right after the conference…<\/p>\n

To have a church service with good preaching and good music is hard work — but understand that the reason that’s done is to bring people in and to give them a vision of the Kingdom of God. So that our lives then become bent towards being agents of the Kingdom of God….<\/p>\n

When you say how do we do church — after you get the vision of the Kingdom of God and a vision of doing justice — doing church is a whole lot more exciting.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That’s a great reminder for me as we get ready to find our next community of faith in Forney — regardless of where we end up.<\/p>\n

He also continues with a great take on what I’ve been talking about with several people offline for the past couple weeks…<\/p>\n

People want to be a part of a community of faith where they don’t have to hate others in order to take part. <\/strong><\/p>\n

“You can have a Christian community of faith and be beneficial to Muslims, atheists and others.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Huge props to Steve Knight<\/a> for organizing the TransFORM East Coast event and posting these videos online!<\/p>\n

I’ve heard loads of good things about the conference and wish I could have been there.<\/p>\n

Interested in more… be sure and grab a copy of Brian’s latest book, A New Kind of Christianity: Ten Questions That Are Transforming the Faith<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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