Statements of Faith

Recently I’ve noticed two new ’statement’s of faith’ written in narrative rather than bullets:

The Crowded House and Project Church.

When these stories are compared to a more tradition-style doctrinal basis (e.g. Affinity, FIEC, Gospel Coalition) I can’t help but think that the narrative style ones are better.

That’s not to say that they other type is wrong, to be honest, I really love the Gospel Coalition one – it’s to extensive and attempts to communicate the some of the fullness of the gospel. But it does seem that one needs more than a basic understanding of Early Church history and vocabulary to understand them.

Whereas narrative ones – well they’re stories. They tell God’s story, and they minimise Christian jargon. And if you require church member to wholeheartedly understand and agree with a DB, then surely we need to make then as accessible as possible…?

Crowded House: New DB

The Crowded House has written a new, more narratival statement of faith. It’s well worth a read.

I particularly like this sentence:

He is the one who opens our eyes to see the beauty of Christ so that through the Spirit we succumb willingly to irresistible grace.

Total Church Conference

TheResurgence.com has just made all the Total Church conference audio avaiable.

If you don’t have the time or money to get and read Total Church (the book) then download all this stuff for free and listen to it when you walk the dog or drive to work.