Chapter 1: A Theological Vision for Slow Church
We are both actors and audience in the grand play that is God’s creation.
THE PATIENT CHARACTER OF GOD. God is transforming and reconciling the world, but he is a patient God.”The new order must wait for God’s time.”
GOD DESIRES COLLABORATION WITH HUMANITY. God involves humanity it note his work, in spite of the inherent slowness of that involvement.
HUMAN NATURE AND THE SLOWNESS OF GOD’S RECONCILIATION. Two aspects of human nature contribute to the slowness. The first is human rebelliousness.
THE HUMAN STRUGGLE TO DISCERN GOOD FROM EVIL. We can’t always know what the right thing is.
THE PEOPLE OF GOD IN THE MISSION OF RECONCILIATION. The church as community is crucial in God’s mission. Think about Jesus and his disciples—they were a community.
A DEEP SEATED-JOY. The difference between an attractional church and an incarnational church. In the modern world, the attractional church will be increasingly ineffective.