For quite some time now I have enjoyed listening to the Cornerstone Church podcast on iTunes. For those of you who are unfamiliar with this church, this is where Francis Chan was pastor. I say "was" because in April he and his wife made the decision to leave Cornerstone and follow God's leading on their lives to...who knows where. They are spending time discerning God's will for them. He is convinced that part of what God is going to have him do is work among the inner city people in a large metropolis such as LA. Since I am reading Radical, this struck a chord with me. It seems to me, that Francis and his wife are living out a life modeled after Christ, going where God leads even when they don't know exactly where that is. However, some people (namely pastors from two large churches) don't agree with me. Check it out below:
http://www.christianpost.com/article/20100902/pastors-question-francis-chans-decision-to-leave-megachurch/index.html
I read this article this morning and have been thinking about it all day. These two men are well-known pastors of large "mega" churches and yet they are critical of what Francis is doing. How does that look for Christianity? For those who are questioning the church today and looking at it through a microscope, what are they seeing today? I'm just not sure we should be critical of a man who is living a radical lifestyle....hum...sounds like someone else I know.
Tuesday, September 07, 2010
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