I’m posting my response to a killer blog posted by Tony Steward called What comes after an internet campus?
Hit up Tony’s Blog and read the post, followed by all the comments. Incredible discussion!
If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!Now for my (David’s) thoughts…
How could we now or ever restrict a ‘campus’ to a location any more than we restrict the church to a physical location? The other day I had an ‘a-ha’ moment at the dinner table. I was sitting around eating with my wife and 3 kids and we turned the discussion as we often do, to spiritual challenges that kids face. We began to unpack some basic biblical principles with my 13, 11 & 9 year old.We all know the church isn’t a location, its a community of believers that gather together to live out God’s purpose for their lives. I’ve always (even being a Pastor) thought of church in terms of lifestyle as well as a series of commitments. We went to church on Sat or Sun, brought the kids to church on Wed, and picked another night of the week to do small group, and in between we lived lives that honor God.
Sitting around the dinner table I took it one step further… if the church is a community of believers living out God’s purpose for their lives, then right there eating spaghetti and meatballs, we were being the church at its very core. Perhaps in the most basic unit that God intended, the family.
Since then, I’ve started to view the church as where ever I am, where ever I go, and who ever I talk to. It’s the seamless integration of my life and community. Breakfast with my buddies = church. Basketball on Wed. mornings = church. Dinner with my friends on Friday night = church. Walking the dog with my daughter = church. Facebook chat with Tony = church.
Church doesn’t gather at a common campus or location, its distributed from there, and we take it with us 24/7 365.
We are the Church and where we go, we bring a message of hope. The internet therefore, is simply an extension of who we are…. the Church.
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David – such a good post. You were there, so you know, but I want to share that this was the illustration and vision article I used last night at the United Nerd LifeGroup. It resounded with all of us so well as to the kind of life and ministry call is calling us in group to live.
Thanks so much for sharing David! (and you are a blog rockstar with posts like this – love it!)
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