I am seeking Jesus’ leading in further exploring my role as a local church leader. While continuing to address the issues of being, believing, and belonging in my life, I am anticipating an educational community at Fuller where the story of my life, my family, and those around me will continue to converge with the story of Christ, His Kingdom, and the Church community.
More specifically, I have been serving as a church planter for two years and have noticed some fairly consistent trends in my ministry. Having moved from a progressive, organic, and community engaged city like Portland, OR, I have been taken aback by the high level of conservative, consumer based, individualism of my current home city of Boise, ID. Even though only eight hours apart, these cities are like very distant cousins. I have grown to love my current congregation and look forward to our future together. I sense a real commitment and kindred spirit with many of them. My primary objective in entering the DMin program at Fuller is to enrich our church community by addressing the needs and concerns of our consumer driven culture. Without passing judgment, we would like to avoid so many of the trappings of the large program driven churches in our area. How do we actually envision being a missional church in this context when this type of church seems so counter-cultural to our community?
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