place of nathan.

This reminds me of what I previously blogged about here, here, here and here.

2 Peter 1:12-13 (NIV):

So I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are firmly established in the truth you now have. I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of this body.

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This is an interesting question, isn’t it? What does a mature local church look like?

Is a mature church full of senior citizens?

Is a mature church full of mature Christians?

My first thought was, just that–a mature church was full of all mature Christians, but then I thought about that, and if the local church is all mature Christians, they’ve turned into self-seeking Christians (”It’s all about ME“), which hardly qualifies as a mature Christian, right?

So the question remains, what does a mature local church look like?

Mark Beeson offered this answer to the question:

The ‘mature church’ is the church filled with immaturity.
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Maturity desires reproduction.
Maturity tolerates juvenile behavior (from juveniles) while training its progeny for success in life.
Maturity means “little poults running all over the place.”
If you attend a mature church, be prepared for immaturity.

What do you think about Beeson’s answer?
How would you define what a mature local church looks like? Kinda a tough question, isn’t it? What are your thoughts?

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This morning I was reading Mark Batterson’s Evotional blog, and he gave a few rules for church staff in dealing with volunteers. A couple of these really jumped out at me:
Make mistakes. Just don’t make the same mistakes over and over.
Don’t just point out problems. Be the solution.
Over communicate. When in doubt, CC.
Who you are is more important than what you do.

Made me think about how I’m doing in these ares. It solidified in me it’s okay for me to make mistakes. It also reinforced and reminded me I need to do better in some others, too!

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This weekend, Emily and I drove by a given church just after 1 p.m. in the afternoon. Cars were just then leaving from their 10:30 a.m. service. We drove back by the church at 5:50, and there were cars already in the parking lot again.

‘No thanks!’ I said aloud as we drove past. If I sat through a 2 1/2 hour service in the morning through the afternoon, you had best believe I wouldn’t be going back that night!

Would you?

Is this a classic example of church expecting people to live their lives revolved around church? Or is this Biblical church? What gives? Why would this turn me off so much? Would it you?

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