I wish this one was mine… but it isn’t. It is from Craig & Karen Thompson.
In their recent newsletter they were sharing about some of the contacts they had made recently. Now… you have to know that Craig and Karen (with teammates Jen and Peter) are making deliberate attempts to ensure that people realize that “the church” is referring to PEOPLE and not a building. So… naturally, their bible studies meet at McDonalds and at coffee shops and college campuses. Brilliant. In fact, “I’m Lovin’ It”.
From Craig & Karen:
Another nice introduction came when Craig was meeting with two of them after our meeting at McDonald’s. He was explaining that we want to do church in a simple way that can be easily reproduced and that the people who meet together are more important than the place where they meet when a lady at the next table leaned over and asked if she could join one of our groups. Since then she has come to our party and has started attending our Saturday PM meeting.
It isn’t always like this, of course… but sure is fun when we get to see our theories confirmed out there in the real world.
Which of these is a picture of a church?





3 responses so far ↓
1 jenren // Oct 6, 2007 at 8:39 am
wow, nice use of the McDonald’s jingle in reference to church planting!:-) Unfortunately now I’m going to have it stuck in my head all day.
I almost feel famous now after being mentioned on the SQJ blog!
2 SQJTaipei // Oct 6, 2007 at 11:57 am
well… since you don’t post on your own blog… I just post about your life.
Just trying to help.
3 jenren // Oct 6, 2007 at 9:53 pm
hey, thanks for helping me out. Why don’t I just give you my user name and password so you can just directly update my site!!
I’ve spent enough time leaving comments or your blog today that I probably could have updated my own.
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