Comments on: A Theology of Geography: Locality and Proximity

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:07:50 +0000

Tony, thanks for the thoughts. You are totally right, evangelism becomes more relational and less gimmicky. And, hopefully, because of the missional nature of the church, the neighbors are already familiar with some of the things the church is doing in the neighborhood.

Good contribution.

By: Tony York

Tony York — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:21:22 +0000

Another post that I enjoyed reading. I agree that we mess this one up. We stick people together in small groups that have little in common besides their age and ask them to form community.

I would point out one other thought… I wouldn’t be waving to my ‘lost’ neighbor as I drove out of the subdivision toward the distant building that we gather in to have corporate worship… instead, I may be having more opportunities to engage and invite him because he lives across the street or next door.

By: Dr. C.

Dr. C. — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:32:41 +0000

A return to the pre-Reformation small village parish system. Nice description…if only the theology had stayed biblical.

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café de soirée | jakebelder.com — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:03:33 +0000

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By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:01:11 +0000

Especially when we start our “perfect” church!

By: Rusty

Rusty — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:23:00 +0000

Great post Matt. I have noticed that a lot of what you described above happened much easier in Salem than in a place such as NWA because of the town’s small size and everyone’s relative proximity. Granted, we didn’t walk to “church” but we did have a shared community life. We should talk about this more sometime.