Comments on: Emerging People Groups http://missionsmisunderstood.com/2008/04/02/emerging-people-groups/ Let's give the Commission back to the church. Sat, 10 Dec 2011 07:48:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Deborah http://missionsmisunderstood.com/2008/04/02/emerging-people-groups/comment-page-1/#comment-1130 Deborah Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:50:39 +0000 http://missionsmisunderstood.com/2008/04/02/emerging-people-groups/#comment-1130 Our people group has made radical changes the last 10 years. At times, it feels like a totally different group of people. Political and cultural "emerging" has definitely caused us to make adjustments to that MSP. Emerging should be a missiological term as well as a cultural term. God doesn't change, but shouldn't we all be changing to be more Christ-like? If our people group is moving farther away from God, then shouldn't our lights burn a little brighter and our saltiness be a little more salty. And I would also venture to say that our methodology also needs to emerge a little more to really engage our people group where they are now, not 10 years ago (or even where some other people group is at the moment). Good question! Our people group has made radical changes the last 10 years. At times, it feels like a totally different group of people. Political and cultural “emerging” has definitely caused us to make adjustments to that MSP. Emerging should be a missiological term as well as a cultural term. God doesn’t change, but shouldn’t we all be changing to be more Christ-like? If our people group is moving farther away from God, then shouldn’t our lights burn a little brighter and our saltiness be a little more salty. And I would also venture to say that our methodology also needs to emerge a little more to really engage our people group where they are now, not 10 years ago (or even where some other people group is at the moment).

Good question!

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