Ministry Formation Podcasts / Audio Messages

The church has been called to be a contrast community throughout history, but what might that look like today. In this talk I will offer a number of ways the church can nurture a community in distinction from our culture.  For example, being a community that knows God’s presence in a secular world, being a community of praise in a world of narcissism, being a community of joy in a world dominated by a frantic and hedonistic pursuit of pleasure. These contrast challenges inspire us to say "yes" to those strains of culture, as obscure as they may be, that resonate with the Biblical story.   Discussion in the second half will be an opportunity for people to add to the list or to give hopeful stories illustrating different contrast community statements.