I have been thinking about how as a pastor my job was to help bring people on the margins of the church community closer to the center. It is the job of lay people who interact on a daily basis or through their vocations with outsiders to be an interesting example of a Christian to outsiders. Perhaps pastors should not beat themselves up about not interacting more with non-Christians. This is easy for most of their congregants! Are these not different roles to a large extent? That is not to say pastors should have no non-Christian friends but is not their job to help occasional attenders to get connected?
-
That certain ingrown evangelical pattern of speaking, thinking, writing . . . Is there any hope of communicating outside the church?
1 retweet1 like -
@editordanreid Pastors feel bad about distance from outsiders. http://www.christianitytoday.com/le/2015/fall/how-are-you-pastor-really.html … The role of lay people? Francis Collins/Spufford.
-
@editordanreid Tim Keller has had some success in reaching outside–quoted by David Brooks. Philip Yancey says artists, activists effective.
-
@AndyRowell Yes, there are successful ones. I was just reading something & thinking how it wouldn't reach my "nones" friends.
0 retweets0 likes
Dan Reid @editordanreid 
Andy Rowell @AndyRowell