Tuesday, August 19, 2008

We have a name...

Our church officially has a name today...our leadership group has spent the last several weeks praying over this and seeking a name that speaks to what we are attempting to accomplish. A good friend of mine says, "a name can't tell you everything, but it does tell you something."

wise counsel! with that in mind we decided to call our church Missional Life Church. It is our desire for this church (meaning the individuals who make it up) would live a missional life. 

An admission: This is a semantics issue, missional life is the same thing as being a Christian, etc, etc... However, too many years of churches and Christians living out a faith that compartmentalizes our relationship with God has left a culture skeptical of words like the Christian life. So we simply hope to use a new word to share an old message. 

More importantly we hope to truly build a body of believers living out a missional life. We have a bank account, a reservation of name (Montana State Law) and slowly we are beginning to see the vision God has for Billings, MT.

Keep praying for God to send the people He wants to lead this work.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I think that's great that you have a name. That's one of the key components to creating things, and when we create things is when we, as people, are best acting out our creation in God's image.

I always feel like once I figure out a name for a song, then that's when it really exists, so congratulations.

I know this whole process is weird/frustrating for you, but just think about where you are. There is a church in Billings that didn't used to be there because you went there and created it.

That's pretty sweet man.