Rethinking Church-Centric Outreach

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Adventist churches need to transition away from the Old Testament model of outreach and ministry and adopt the New Testament model.

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at http://spectrummagazine.org/node/12303

[NY_G_PA2 (Bruce Clements)]

Not that Adventism has ever had any issues with duplicity, or qualms about glossing over internal issues, but isn’t the idea of looking for new members to bolster their falling numbers at this point in time, a little like a married couple on the verge of separation and divorce deciding that the best way to save their marriage is to adopt more kids or have another baby?

[sokingcoo (Joselito Coo)]

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Each member of the congregation is now a priest (minister) to their world. “But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.” (1Peter 2:9 NIV)

The people of God (laos) includes everybody. There’s no distinction between clergy and non-clergy member or laity.

–David Bosch, Transforming Mission