Comments on: The CFC Story: Moving toward Maturity http://reflections.cyberpastor.net/series/chinese-church/the-cfc-story-moving-toward-maturity/ Thoughts on God, life, and truth Mon, 05 Dec 2011 22:15:41 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: PK http://reflections.cyberpastor.net/series/chinese-church/the-cfc-story-moving-toward-maturity/comment-page-1/#comment-15216 PK Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:13:31 +0000 http://reflections.cyberpastor.net/series/chinese-church/the-cfc-story-moving-toward-maturity/#comment-15216 Good point. If a church is inward focused and merely trying to maintain the status quo then any problems or differences are magnified. Good point. If a church is inward focused and merely trying to maintain the status quo then any problems or differences are magnified.

]]> By: whu http://reflections.cyberpastor.net/series/chinese-church/the-cfc-story-moving-toward-maturity/comment-page-1/#comment-15212 whu Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:34:58 +0000 http://reflections.cyberpastor.net/series/chinese-church/the-cfc-story-moving-toward-maturity/#comment-15212 if the church has church planting in her dna then the focus is outward and much internal problems be solved, when a church matures to self-support tents to look inward and power stuggle begins to happen over style or preference of sub-cultures. if the church has church planting in her dna then the focus is outward and much internal problems be solved, when a church matures to self-support tents to look inward and power stuggle begins to happen over style or preference of sub-cultures.

]]> By: PK http://reflections.cyberpastor.net/series/chinese-church/the-cfc-story-moving-toward-maturity/comment-page-1/#comment-8682 PK Sat, 10 Nov 2007 19:22:40 +0000 http://reflections.cyberpastor.net/series/chinese-church/the-cfc-story-moving-toward-maturity/#comment-8682 1. See the two articles later in this series on unity. In my dissertation I am writing about the pros and cons of "high integration" vs. "low integration" between the two congregations. 2. Exactly! See my article in this series on <a href="http://reflections.cyberpastor.net/series/chinese-church/why-we-dont-have-a-senior-pastor/" rel="nofollow">why we don't have a senior pastor</a>. 1. See the two articles later in this series on unity. In my dissertation I am writing about the pros and cons of “high integration” vs. “low integration” between the two congregations.

2. Exactly! See my article in this series on why we don’t have a senior pastor.

]]> By: NKL http://reflections.cyberpastor.net/series/chinese-church/the-cfc-story-moving-toward-maturity/comment-page-1/#comment-8667 NKL Sat, 10 Nov 2007 06:07:06 +0000 http://reflections.cyberpastor.net/series/chinese-church/the-cfc-story-moving-toward-maturity/#comment-8667 1. I will throw in a twist: The official motto of our church is "We endeavour to establish ONE church with THREE congregations". The Mandarin-speaking ministry was begun about 10 years ago and the first Mandarin speaking pastor was hired from the US in 2000. It seems like we are very much "all grown up" but it doesn't feel like it. What it feels like is it's easy to say we are one church, but we only live it out on the surface. My question: is it even possible or desirable to go with the multi-congregations model, pretending we are "walking hand-in-hand into the future" when we are really "cohabitating" (the word used my an attender of the English ministry) to share a building? 2. Either a super-pastor who has a fluid mind and tongue to think and speak in Chinese and English (one pastor I know comes to mind--they are few and far between) or a pastoral team that is so united, heart & mind, that they can minister across the cultural and generational spectrum. 1. I will throw in a twist: The official motto of our church is “We endeavour to establish ONE church with THREE congregations”. The Mandarin-speaking ministry was begun about 10 years ago and the first Mandarin speaking pastor was hired from the US in 2000. It seems like we are very much “all grown up” but it doesn’t feel like it. What it feels like is it’s easy to say we are one church, but we only live it out on the surface. My question: is it even possible or desirable to go with the multi-congregations model, pretending we are “walking hand-in-hand into the future” when we are really “cohabitating” (the word used my an attender of the English ministry) to share a building?

2. Either a super-pastor who has a fluid mind and tongue to think and speak in Chinese and English (one pastor I know comes to mind–they are few and far between) or a pastoral team that is so united, heart & mind, that they can minister across the cultural and generational spectrum.

]]>