Missional. Monastic. Mainline.
A Guide to Starting Missional Micro-Communities in Historically Mainline Traditions
by Elaine Heath & Larry Duggins
Summary
This book makes the case for a movement away from the building-centered, consumer-oriented, top-down religious experience of the mainline church in favor of small, intimate faith communities where people can practice discipleship in the way that Jesus modeled it.
The second half of the book gives practical, how-to advice for the formation of a new monastic community.
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Missional. Monastic. Mainline. - By Elaine Heath and Larry Duggins
Favorite Quotes
“[Jesus] lived with the disciples, calling people who were naturally at odds together into community. Ever so slowly they came to faith as they interacted with Jesus in everyday life and were disillusioned of their own bad theology. Ever so slowly they learned that women are human. Samaritans are human. Tax collectors are human. Even Roman centurions are human.”
“Early Methodism was very much like a lay monastic movement…with a rule of life, small, missional communities of lay people, and a preference for working among populations ignored by the church. The church…is the living body of Christ on earth. It is time for us to return to our first love and our missional vocation.”
“Failure is our best friend…We are failing our way forward.”
“[Our] priority must shift to matters of holiness and wholeness.”
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