Is the church still relevant in a post-Christendom world? Kurt Fredrickson returns to Spiritual Life and Leadership to talk about his new book, Compelled, and to make the case that the local church, done right, is still "a small working model of the kingdom of God." Markus Watson and Fredrickson talk about why so many congregations operate like machines built to produce bigger Sundays, and what it would take to tend them like gardens instead.
THIS EPISODE'S HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:
The church is still relevant because it functions as a small working model of the kingdom of God.
Eugene Peterson's definition: the church is "named people in particular places who practice a life of resurrection."
Why the church of the 1950s can't simply be repeated in a post-Christendom, polarized culture.
The garden-versus-machine metaphor on the cover of Compelled, and what it means to disrupt a congregation's system instead of engineering it.
Deprofessionalizing the clergy: the provocative claim that professional clergy can become "the greatest impediment to the work of the church."
Releasing the five-fold gifts of Ephesians so ministry isn't bottlenecked in the pastor's office.
The isolation-plus-depletion-plus-conflict formula for how pastors get in trouble, and the ABCs (Abide, Breathe, Connect) for staying healthy.
Kurt Fredrickson's own journey from twenty-four years pastoring a booming, machine-like congregation to asking, "would our community even miss us?"
A story about a congregation that moved communion to the center of the room during a season of painful conflict.
Why hospitality and the Lord's Table are the two disciplines Fredrickson considers essential for a missional community.
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