My Proposal for a Wesleyan Neo-Monastic Emerging Community
As readers have been asking me about what it is exactly that I would like to do within the context of this emerging, postmodern conversation, I have tried to explain briefly. I have chosen to publish a copy of a proposal I recently sent to friends, local United Methodist churches and District Superintendents. This serves as a living document, as the conversation develops with particular people the ideas expressed will be challenged and grow out of the conversation. Please feel free to offer comments/questions/corrections/etc. “The gospel we preach shapes the kind of churches we create. The kind of church we have shapes the gospel we preach.” 1 Introduction In an effort to address an entire population of people who “like Jesus but not the church” 2 , I am submitting a proposal for the establishment of a Wesleyan Neo-Monastic Emerging Community. This community, which will serve as a prototype and model for future faith community development within the United Methodist Church nation