Restoring The Church Metanoia Ministries is a non-profit, faith-based organization serving churches in transition or conflict throughout the United States, Canada and Europe since 1994.
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The Good Confession: a tale of failure and forgiveness
A carefully woven and engaging fable that brings home practical truths about failure, confession and forgiveness. The Good Confession will be enjoyed by old and young for its suspense and humor as well as its lessons on how to say, “I’m sorry” and really mean it.
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The mission of the missional church
Jesus was Jewish. Like all Jews, Jesus was found in the synagogue on the Sabbath. But, where was Jesus on Wednesday? Or, for that matter, where was he on all those non-Sabbath days like Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday?
Missional church-planter, Neil Cole, suggests that we might find Jesus in places that are uncomfortable for many Christians. “If you want to win this world to Christ,” Cole says, “you are going to have to sit in the smoking section.” Bono, the U2 rock star, famously took this idea much further. "If Jesus were on earth, you'd find him in a gay bar in San Francisco,” Bono said. “He'd be working with people suffering from AIDS. These people are the new lepers. If you want to find out where Jesus would be hanging out, it'll always be with the lepers."
Cole and Bono have a way of tweaking the Pharisee in all of us. But are they right? If Jesus came to your town, where would you find him? Let’s assume (of course!) that Jesus would choose your church for worship on Sunday, but what about mid-week? Where would Jesus be on Wednesday? . . .
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Jim Van Yperen has written ten simple lessons for you to explore personally or in a small group.
