Mattias Neve works for the Swedish Baptist Union, and is researching and writing for a doctorate on ‘Emerging Church’. His work is fascinating. I am persuaded that the issues around Emerging Church are vitally important for all of us who would reach others for the Kingdom of God. ‘Defining Emerging Church is like nailing jelly on the wall’.What are the issues? Well, how do we reach folk in a society where God and Jesus seem irrelevant? Sometimes we wait for people to have a crisis, so that they seek meaning: the ‘God of the gaps’. Or we seeking to connect with people in ways that we feel might attract them. Mattias speaks of ‘seeking proximity’. Making meaningful contact with people is not an option. It is of the essence of our Christian calling. Touching others in ways that are true to who I am in Christ, and genuinely seeks to serve them where they are.
Make meaningful contact – thanks, Mattias!
