A church for disciples (John 1:29–42)
So often the call to discipleship slides into becoming a call to church membership.
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Near my seminary is Broadway United Methodist Church, which for years has practiced a form of neighborhood "name, bless, and connect" ministry that seeks to discern how God's spirit is moving in the community around it. Building on the philosophy of asset-based community development--along with a robust pneumatology--the members and leaders of Broadway are, in my view, gradually redefining what it means to be a church for the community.
