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By Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service
When Pentecostal power couple Randy and Paula White recently announced they were headed to divorce court, the most remarkable part of the reaction was that there wasn't much reaction at all.
For increasing numbers of clergy, a divorce no longer generates the kind of career-killing hue and cry of decades ago, in part because plenty of people in the pews have experienced divorce themselves.
The shifting views on divorced clergy reflect a growing concession among rank-and-file conservative Christians that a failed marriage is no longer an unforgivable sin.
For many evangelical Christians, the line seems to have shifted from a single acceptable reason for divorce — adultery — to a wider range of reasons that some say can be biblically justified.
"I am probably one of those evangelicals who would say it would be three A's for me," said Chris Bounds, a theologian at Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, Ind. "Abuse, abandonment and adultery."
With the Whites' breakup, Randy White now leads the Without Walls International Church in Tampa, and Paula White remains prominent in Christian broadcasting. Not long after they announced their divorce, Atlanta evangelist Juanita Bynum filed for divorce from her husband, Bishop Thomas Weeks III, after he allegedly assaulted her in a hotel parking lot.
Beyond the church, polls by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press indicate the divorce records of GOP presidential candidates Rudy Giuliani, Fred Thompson and John McCain have not hindered their popularity among white evangelical voters.
Christianity Today, a magazine that often serves as a barometer of evangelical culture, published an October cover story called "When to Separate What God Has Joined," in which David Instone-Brewer, a senior research fellow at Tyndale House in Cambridge, England, concluded that adultery, physical and emotional neglect, abuse and abandonment are all biblically justified reasons for divorce.
Mark Galli, the magazine's managing editor, said there is a simultaneous rejection of divorce in principle but acceptance in practice, in part because almost everyone knows someone who's been there.
"I think conservative Christians are becoming more liberalized in the sense of, I guess, making more room for the acceptance of divorce and remarriage," he said. "You'll see a lot of churches that plunge right in and have divorce ministries. ... Marriage is a really difficult thing in our culture right now."
But the reaction to Instone-Brewer's article reflected a lingering discomfort with divorce; Galli estimated that 60% of responding readers had a negative reaction. Prominent author John Piper responded that he found Instone-Brewer's reasoning "tragic" and an "astonishing extension of the divorce license."
Statistics bear out that divorce affects conservative Christians just as much as anyone else. A study this year by The Barna Group, a California research firm, showed that 27% of "born-again"
Christians have been divorced, compared to 25% of non-born-again Americans. In 2005, Phoenix-based Ellison Research found that 14% of clergy have been divorced; the vast majority have remarried.
Paula White, in a recent interview, declined to go into detail about her divorce, but stood by statements in her new book "You're All That!"
that God can mend any relationship "if both persons are willing to come into alignment with his principles." She added that no other person's love can be completely fulfilling.
"In fact, I say a healthy relationship is, 'I am free to be me, you are free to be you, and together, we're us,'" she said. "So no one in life can complete you. Nothing can complete you. Only God can absolutely complete you."
Last month, Bynum said her recent marital strife may actually expand her ministry's outreach.
"I believe it will absolutely, positively broaden my ability to reach people that probably would not ever have come to a church," she said at an appearance in Birmingham, Ala. "I'm able to teach on the subject of suffering with experience behind it."
J. Lee Grady, the editor of charismatic and Pentecostal magazine Charisma, said Bynum may have generated a "sympathy factor" because of the alleged abuse, but the Whites are more unusual because there has been no clear biblical reason given for their split.
That leads to a concern by some in charismatic and Pentecostal circles that people can "just flippantly get divorced like you go get a haircut," he said.
The Assemblies of God, a Pentecostal denomination, recently changed its rules to say that a marriage crisis should not permanently disqualify someone from ministry. The church voted this summer to permit remarried ministers if their divorce occurred because their spouse was unfaithful or was an unbeliever who abandoned them.
Still, the church does not allow divorced ministers to serve under all circumstances. "We have not permitted credentialing for those who simply do not get along with one another," said the Rev. George O. Wood, general superintendent of the Assemblies of God. "We feel that would be a scriptural violation."
Bishop Noel Jones, a divorced Pentecostal pastor in Gardena, Calif., who counts the Whites, Bynum and Weeks as friends, said judgment should be withheld from both high-profile clergy and everyday worshippers going through a divorce.
"I think that in Christian circles, people are more relaxed about the reasons," said Jones, a spokesman for FaithMate, an online Christian dating service. "I still think that divorce is pretty much a difficult subject for anybody — and rightfully so, but ... we allow more rules, more worldly concepts to prevail."
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Casa de Libertad en Prensa Libre
INDEPENDENCIA
Casa de Libertad
Nuestra libertad crece en la medida en que nuestra capacidad para asumir y cumplir con nuestra responsabilidad crece.
Por: Juan Callejas Vargas
Hago un paréntesis en mi serie de entregas que han versado sobre el voto nulo y la filosofía de la no violencia, para dedicar este espacio a una singular experiencia en las nuevas y grandes expresiones de cambio que el siglo XXI viene planteando en todas las esferas de la vida y sobre las cuales necesitamos reflexión que permita ver con esperanza renovada el futuro.
El domingo 21 de octubre fui invitado a la apertura oficial de Casa de Libertad, un lugar, templo le quieren llamar algunos, donde un grupo de hombres y mujeres jóvenes, matrimonios y jóvenes adultos, decidieron establecer un espacio en donde se reflexione, alabe, adore y siga al Señor Jesucristo, de quien -lo he afirmado- soy creyente y seguidor.
Pero ¿para que más templos o lugares de adoración y oración, si ya existen miles en todo el país? ¿Para qué, si aun con el crecimiento de cristianos se profundizan la pobreza, injusticia y evidente falta de solidaridad? Bueno, me respondí, algo nuevo debe haber y, como dice la palabra de Dios, sus caminos no son nuestros caminos, así como nuestra justicia es como trapos de inmundicia.
Conversando sobre la visión y misión de Casa de Libertad, entendí que en el marketizado mundo de la religión, vientos nuevos soplan para rescatar conceptos básicos que en el afán religioso se pierden y trivializan. Libertad responsable, unidad en la diversidad, centralidad en Jesucristo y no en los hombres, familia como Dios manda, servicio a la comunidad y aceptación de la imperfección humana, son conceptos que cobrarán relevancia en Casa de Libertad.
En esta columna, he dedicado espacios para reflexionar en torno de la contrapartida del ideal libertario que el mismo Jesucristo establece y que personalmente identifico como responsabilidad. Nuestra libertad crece en la medida en que nuestra capacidad para asumir y cumplir con nuestra responsabilidad crece. Entender esto, trasmitir esta realidad, es uno de los derroteros que este grupo de hombres y mujeres se ha puesto.
Un servidor espera haber escrito bastante sobre el valor que la idea de familia tiene para el presente y futuro de nuestra nación. Reconozco y valoro que este grupo de hombres y mujeres jóvenes tomen esta antigua idea, para muchos retrógrada y hasta objeto de profundos ataques, la hagan suya para darnos la oportunidad de considerar que más allá de las leyes del hombre, el fundamento de familia como Dios manda es la génesis de la existencia que, como especie, el hombre tiene sobre la tierra.
Un pensamiento renovado sobre la imperfección del hombre es otra novedad, puesto que guiados por el evangelio, en el que el mismo Jesucristo establece que su venida es para salvar al hombre o mujer perdidos, en Casa de Libertad se habla con claridad meridiana y libertad responsable de esta condición. Se da la bienvenida a hombres y mujeres imperfectos que estén dispuestos a compartir con otros hombres y mujeres que aspiren a superar cada día las limitaciones propias de su condición humana, apenas imagen y semejanza, pero nunca iguales a Él.
Gracias, gracias a Dios en primer lugar, y gracias y ánimo a Francisco Bendfelt y Carol, Juan Callejas Aquino y Annie; a Diego Arimany y Alejandra, Alejandro Mendoza y Cecilia; Álvaro Cifuentes y Jennifer; Alejandro Urrea, Pablo Gutiérrez y Emmanuel Callejas Aquino, por su audacia para retarnos. Su esfuerzo y entrega ya tienen frutos, y la siembra de la sana palabra y acción a favor de los menos favorecidos tendrán enorme recompensa.
Casa de Libertad
Nuestra libertad crece en la medida en que nuestra capacidad para asumir y cumplir con nuestra responsabilidad crece.
Por: Juan Callejas Vargas
Hago un paréntesis en mi serie de entregas que han versado sobre el voto nulo y la filosofía de la no violencia, para dedicar este espacio a una singular experiencia en las nuevas y grandes expresiones de cambio que el siglo XXI viene planteando en todas las esferas de la vida y sobre las cuales necesitamos reflexión que permita ver con esperanza renovada el futuro.
El domingo 21 de octubre fui invitado a la apertura oficial de Casa de Libertad, un lugar, templo le quieren llamar algunos, donde un grupo de hombres y mujeres jóvenes, matrimonios y jóvenes adultos, decidieron establecer un espacio en donde se reflexione, alabe, adore y siga al Señor Jesucristo, de quien -lo he afirmado- soy creyente y seguidor.
Pero ¿para que más templos o lugares de adoración y oración, si ya existen miles en todo el país? ¿Para qué, si aun con el crecimiento de cristianos se profundizan la pobreza, injusticia y evidente falta de solidaridad? Bueno, me respondí, algo nuevo debe haber y, como dice la palabra de Dios, sus caminos no son nuestros caminos, así como nuestra justicia es como trapos de inmundicia.
Conversando sobre la visión y misión de Casa de Libertad, entendí que en el marketizado mundo de la religión, vientos nuevos soplan para rescatar conceptos básicos que en el afán religioso se pierden y trivializan. Libertad responsable, unidad en la diversidad, centralidad en Jesucristo y no en los hombres, familia como Dios manda, servicio a la comunidad y aceptación de la imperfección humana, son conceptos que cobrarán relevancia en Casa de Libertad.
En esta columna, he dedicado espacios para reflexionar en torno de la contrapartida del ideal libertario que el mismo Jesucristo establece y que personalmente identifico como responsabilidad. Nuestra libertad crece en la medida en que nuestra capacidad para asumir y cumplir con nuestra responsabilidad crece. Entender esto, trasmitir esta realidad, es uno de los derroteros que este grupo de hombres y mujeres se ha puesto.
Un servidor espera haber escrito bastante sobre el valor que la idea de familia tiene para el presente y futuro de nuestra nación. Reconozco y valoro que este grupo de hombres y mujeres jóvenes tomen esta antigua idea, para muchos retrógrada y hasta objeto de profundos ataques, la hagan suya para darnos la oportunidad de considerar que más allá de las leyes del hombre, el fundamento de familia como Dios manda es la génesis de la existencia que, como especie, el hombre tiene sobre la tierra.
Un pensamiento renovado sobre la imperfección del hombre es otra novedad, puesto que guiados por el evangelio, en el que el mismo Jesucristo establece que su venida es para salvar al hombre o mujer perdidos, en Casa de Libertad se habla con claridad meridiana y libertad responsable de esta condición. Se da la bienvenida a hombres y mujeres imperfectos que estén dispuestos a compartir con otros hombres y mujeres que aspiren a superar cada día las limitaciones propias de su condición humana, apenas imagen y semejanza, pero nunca iguales a Él.
Gracias, gracias a Dios en primer lugar, y gracias y ánimo a Francisco Bendfelt y Carol, Juan Callejas Aquino y Annie; a Diego Arimany y Alejandra, Alejandro Mendoza y Cecilia; Álvaro Cifuentes y Jennifer; Alejandro Urrea, Pablo Gutiérrez y Emmanuel Callejas Aquino, por su audacia para retarnos. Su esfuerzo y entrega ya tienen frutos, y la siembra de la sana palabra y acción a favor de los menos favorecidos tendrán enorme recompensa.
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Familia #2: Honra a los Padres
Honra a Los Padres“Honra a tu padre y a tu madre, para que tu días se alargue en la tierra que
Jehová tu Dios te da.” Exodo 20:12
I. Introducción a los mandamientos
a. Tienen un orden establecido
i. Los primero 4 tratan de nuestra relación con Dios
ii. Los últimos 6 tratan de nuestra relación con los Hombres
b. No hay acuerdo de si el 5to estaba en la primera o segunda tabla
i. Algunos (judíos) creen que esta en la primera porque “Honrar a nuestros padres nos entrena para honrar a Dios”
ii. Otros creen que es el primer y mas importante de la segunda tabla
II. Que dice la Palabra
a. Ex. 20:12 “Honra a tu padre y a tu madre, para que tu días se alargue en la tierra que Jehová tu Dios te da”
b. Deu. 5:16 “Honra a tu padre y a tu madre, como Jehová tu Dios te ha mandado, para que sean prolongados tus días, y para que te vaya bien sobre la tierra que Jehová tu Dios te da.”
c. Mat. 15:4 “Porque Dios mandó diciendo: Honra a tu padre y a tu madre; y: El que maldiga al padre o a la madre, muera irremisiblemente.”
III. Bendiciones y Consecuencias
a. Larga vida
b. Prosperidad
c. Muerte
IV. Responsabilidad de los Padres
a. Soy honorable?
b. Bendición y Maldición generacional
i. Bendición (Deu 7:9 “… a los que le aman y guardan sus mandamientos, hasta mil generaciones;”)
ii. Maldición (Ex. 20:5 “… visito la maldad de los padres sobre los hijos hasta la tercera y cuarta generación de los que me aborrecen,”)
c. No provoquemos a nuestros hijos (Ef. 6:4 “Y vosotros, padres, no provoquéis a ira a vuestros hijos, sino criadlos en disciplina y amonestación del Señor.”
d. Ellos llevaran nuestro nombre… que sea honorable y no vergonzoso (Pro. 17:6)
V. Hasta donde llega la autoridad y la responsabilidad
a. Autoridad
i. Al punto de poder negarles el que hagan un pacto (Num. 30:3)
ii. No puedo mandarles a ir contra Dios
b. Responsabilidad
i. Cada uno es responsable de su propio pecado (Deu. 24:16)
ii. “Un nino nunca sera un hombre si siempre debe obedecer a sus padres. Sin embargo, si una persona no es lo suficientemente responsable para proveer para sus necesidades diarias, por lo tanto estando bajo al mantenimiento de sus padres, yo dudaría que sea lo suficientemente responsable para dejar los mandamientos de sus padres”
VI. “Perks” (derecho simplemente basado en el status o posición de alguien y no en su comportamiento) de los padres
a. Respeto
i. Honrar el uniforme, no a la persona (ver como era la generación de los padres que salieron de Egipto)
ii. No creamos que son tontos
b. Obediencia
i. Pro. 1:8 “Oye, hijo mío, la instrucción de tu padre, Y no desprecies la dirección de tu madre”
ii. Col. 3:20-21 “Hijos, obedeced a vuestros padres en todo, porque esto agrada al Señor. Padres, no exasperéis a vuestros hijos, para que no se desalienten.”
iii. El unico “Perk” que vence al ser “adultos”
c. Apreciación o agradecimiento
i. Nos dieron la vida (comparar con el agradecimiento que mostramos cuando alguien nos la salva)
ii. En 1980 costaba aprox. $250,000.00 sacar a un hijo adelante (0 a 18 años)
d. Devoción
i. Cuando nos toca a nosotros cuidarlos a ellos?
ii. No nos contentemos con hacer los mínimo por ellos (Mar. 7:9-13)
iii. Protección? (Sal. 127:5)
From the Mag: 7 Big Questions
From the Mag: 7 Big Questions
The PanelThe face of the Church in our generation is changing. New styles of worship are emerging, a new sense of community is growing, and a new focus on justice is taking center stage. With so much transition and upheaval, charting a clear course can be difficult. For guidance, RELEVANT asked seven core leaders of faith their take on the future of Christianity.What trends in church and worship styles do you see? Are they positive or negative? Mark Driscoll: I’ll be happy when we have more than just prom songs to Jesus sung by some effeminate guy on an acoustic guitar offered as mainstream worship music. Right now most worship music is still coming from the top down through such things as Christian radio and record labels. But the trend today in a lot of churches is writing your own music to reflect your culture and community, and I pray this trend of music from the bottom up continues.
This story originally ran in issue 24 of RELEVANT.
Frederica Mathewes-Green: As an Eastern Orthodox Christian, I’m glad to see communities digging into the treasures of the ancient church, particularly in terms of seeking beauty. The less we try to make worship like an evening in the family room, the more we make it something directed beyond our familiar experience—bringing us to the God of beauty, awe and mystery—the better. My personal hunch is that this is more attractive to seekers, too. The negative, I think, is a consumerist attitude, in which worship leaders shop for the elements they find most appealing, rather than joining the ancient community and seeking to understand something beyond their limited experience. Consumerism feels like “being true to myself” or “choosing what rings true to me,” but it’s actually isolated, lonely, myopic and culture-bound.Rob Bell: I believe that the old polarities are fading. More and more people understand that traditional and contemporary are simply irrelevant ways to talk about things. What changed the world in times past? Let’s look at that. Let’s look at historic movements. Let’s look at periods of great transition. Handel’s Messiah is an unbelievable piece of music. I wouldn’t think to call Handel a Christian composer. He’s a composer.Erwin McManus: What do we mean by worship styles? Why do we still equate singing and even what we are doing on Sunday with the whole of worship? There is something powerful about singing to God as an act of worship, but it is time to reframe our perspective and our language to genuinely encompass all of life as worship. What is a negative tendency of this generation as it relates to the faith? Mark Driscoll: This generation can be a whiny bunch of idealists getting together in small groups to complain about megachurches and the religious right rather than doing something. Lauren Winner: Our failure to tithe. I hear all the time: “I just can’t afford to give right now.” I hear that from my middle-class American peers. I wonder, if we “can’t afford” to give now, why not? And if we “can’t afford” to give now, when will we be able to afford to give? I know of nothing that will transform someone’s spiritual life more abruptly than beginning to tithe. If we want to learn about dependence on God, tithe. If we want to have our treasure in heaven, tithe. If we want to have any hope of having solidarity with the poor, tithe.Efrem Smith: I’m very concerned about the continual influence of consumerism Christianity and a Christianity that is very self-centered. Even in some of the social justice initiatives that I see, I wonder at times if it’s really about social change and kingdom advancement or if it’s about the sense of accomplishment and adventure one gets from the experience. Christian television (even with its good side) seems to push consumerism, capitalism and individualism. It’s not that these traits are so sinful as much as it limits the Gospel message and keeps us from kingdom community and reconciliation.What positive tendency do you see in this generation?Mark Driscoll: I see a resurging interest in culture and viewing the United States as a mission field, which are very encouraging trends and desperately needed.Lauren Winner: I look around me and see people willing to name and sit with doubt. I see people taking seriously our charge to steward the earth. I see people questioning culturally specific gender roles that have been, in an earlier generation, presented as holy writ. I see people who sense that the Gospel is not a call to compartmentalization, but a call to love that encompasses all of our life. I am privileged to visit a lot of Christian colleges. I always leave completely encouraged about the future of the Church. The faculty I meet are so committed to their work. The students always ask such keen questions and are clearly seeking after faithfulness. If you want to be encouraged, go hang out at a Christian college for a few days.Efrem Smith: I’m so excited to see this generation dealing with the historic divide in terms of race as well as the social gospel church versus the evangelical church. I believe this generation is less tolerant of the kinds of division across race, class and place that generations before them have become comfortable with. I believe this generation wants something beyond the homogenous church.Erwin McManus: I think we are all trying to figure out what it means to be the Church as opposed to just doing church.What do you see as the greatest challenge for young Christians in the next 10 years? Rick Warren: The greatest challenge young Christians will face in the next 10 years will be leading the Church through a new reformation that is being swept in through the Spirit of God. The first reformation was about what we believe, but this new reformation will be about behavior. It will be about the Church—individually and congregationally—becoming more than just hearers of the Word: they will become doers of the Word. We will begin to consistently and continually act upon what we believe.I believe your generation will be the one to complete this great reformation. It will be your unique calling and God-sized task. There is no doubt in my mind that you are the Reformation Generation. Leading the way in this great cause won’t be easy, but that’s the challenge before us, as my generation mentors and supports your generation to serve out God’s purposes in your lifetime.Mark Driscoll: There is a strong drift toward the hard theological left. Some emergent types [want] to recast Jesus as a limp-wrist hippie in a dress with a lot of product in His hair, who drank decaf and made pithy Zen statements about life while shopping for the perfect pair of shoes. In Revelation, Jesus is a pride fighter with a tattoo down His leg, a sword in His hand and the commitment to make someone bleed. That is a guy I can worship. I cannot worship the hippie, diaper, halo Christ because I cannot worship a guy I can beat up. I fear some are becoming more cultural than Christian, and without a big Jesus who has authority and hates sin as revealed in the Bible, we will have less and less Christians, and more and more confused, spiritually self-righteous blogger critics of Christianity.Frederica Mathewes-Green: I am afraid that every Christian is going to be increasingly challenged by violent Islam in ways that will be harder and harder to tacitly ignore. Ironically, much of what Islam hates about America are things that Christians ought to likewise resist: gluttonous consumption, recreational shopping, celebrity culture, trashing of the environment, the trivializing of sex, the sexualizing of children, the killing of unborn children, artificializing women’s bodies, depriving boys and men of a coherent and worthy identity, jingoism, any belief that being “American” takes precedence over membership in the body of Christ. If we are going to face the threat of death for what we believe (as Christians have been doing for 1,300 years in Africa, Asia and the Middle East), let it truly be for what we believe, and not for Angelina Jolie, the “4th Meal” and extra cupholders.Rob Bell: The unbelievable amassing of wealth and consumer goods that we have at our fingertips in American culture. Our greatest challenge will be to learn how to move this into blessings for others, or we will continue to be more selfish and indifferent to the cries of the world. These insane amounts of goods that are at our service are not doing good things to our souls.Lauren Winner: I suspect the next 10 years will be years of turmoil and hardship the globe over, and with that will come a surge in a certain kind of American patriotism. Therefore, American Christians will be challenged to remember where our true fealty lies. I’m not saying there’s no place for patriotism. But Christians are people whose first allegiance cannot be to a nation-state, not to any nation-state. Increased geopolitical tension may tempt us to forget that.Erwin McManus: We know intuitively that getting bigger and bigger isn’t working. One trend I see is the rejection of growth for self-discovery and the pursuit of authentic community. So we keep whittling our spiritual community to a smaller and smaller and more exclusive inner circle. The problem is if the diagnoses are wrong, so will be the cure. We are moving from large and self-indulgent to small and self-indulgent. The problem isn’t size but value systems. If we keep asking the wrong questions, we are just going to get better wrong answers. The solution to lack of community isn’t to give up on the community.How should Christians be involved in the political system?Rob Bell: At our church we bring out the fact that the Gospel is obviously political, yet we are aggressively nonpartisan. We are interested in being a voice for those who have no voice. Too often the party line becomes, “If you’re a Christian, then of course you’re voting like us,” and that’s crazy. As the people of God, our postures should be aggressively nonpartisan and always veering toward the oppressed and the marginalized and those who have no voice, as opposed to the endless self-preservation and protection. In our city they’re shutting down community pools because they say there isn’t funding for it. So there are all these kids, especially in the urban center of Grand Rapids, who won’t be able to swim in the summer. We think that would piss Jesus off. For us it’s not right that on one side of town they’re building pools and on the other side of town they’re shutting them down. That’s an injustice. We think Jesus is about pools.Lauren Winner: I have arguments with dear friends who didn’t vote in 2004 because they were so disgusted with all the options. I understood their disgust, but I was totally undone by their choice not to vote. My feeling is, we don’t have the luxury of not voting. American policy has a major impact on the whole world, and most of the world can’t vote in our elections. Those of us who can vote have, in my view, an obligation. I myself am an active Democrat. I don’t think the Democratic Party is perfect, and I don’t agree with every detail of the party platform, but the fact that a political party is not perfect does not exempt me from participating. This is, of course, larger than a question of just voting or participating in partisan politics. It is really a question of Christians participating in the civic sphere. Participating in the public sphere might mean using, and supporting, public libraries whose budgets are being slashed across the country. It might mean bringing Christian traditions of just war or pacifism to bear on American militarism. It might mean volunteering in your neighborhood public school, whether or not you have kids who go there. It might mean being committed to live in one place for a long time, for it is only when we live with some stability in one place that we have the opportunity to reckon with the long-term consequences of our individual and civic choices. Efrem Smith: We should be involved in politics in the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He never sold out to the Democrats or Republicans. He ticked them both off as he served as a prophetic voice. We must speak truth to power and advocate for the poor, the outcast, the sick and the unborn. The Church ought to be transforming government, not the other way around. I’m concerned as an evangelical that my church has traded in being prophetic for power and privilege.How can a Christian fulfill a passion for social justice as a middle-class American?Rick Warren: The Bible teaches that pursuing social justice isn’t an option for a follower of Jesus. We must care about what God cares about most—and that is bringing lost souls home to Him. But our ministry is to the whole person, not just his spiritual emptiness. Clearly, God cares about His creations—the billions of people He’s placed on this planet who now suffer at the hands of injustice, not only spiritual emptiness but also egocentric leadership, poverty, disease and inadequate education. You may not be able to personally make a difference for everyone, but you can make a difference for someone. You don’t have to travel far from a middle-class neighborhood to find and fight social injustice. In fact, you don’t even have to leave your neighborhood because, in this day and age, you can engage the sin of injustice no matter where you are. But here’s the other fact to consider: God created the Church so we would work collectively. In other words, you were never meant to take on social injustice alone. By joining your efforts with others in your congregation or small group, you’ll be surprised at all God can do!Frederica Mathewes-Green: I am cautious about the self-label “I have a passion for social justice.” I think it gets in the way. It subtly feeds narcissism, judgmentalism and a temptation to excuse failings because, hey, I’m “passionate.” It also insinuates a belief that there are “us” and “the people we’re helping” as if that is two different categories. After the 2004 election I heard a pollster say, “We Democrats used to be the party of the poor. Now we’re the party that identifies with the poor.” That’s worth meditating on. I’d say, choose a cause that is deliberately uncool, just to be on the safe side. Lauren Winner: In my town, there are many Christians who have said, “I can’t fulfill my Christian passion for social justice and be a middle-class American, so I’m forgoing the latter”—that is, in order to be in solidarity with the poor, they live below the poverty line. They are living the preferential option for the poor. The danger is that I see them and think, “Well, if I’m not willing to live below the poverty line, I just shouldn’t bother with social justice or solidarity for the poor at all.” I have to work against that temptation, which I think comes from Satan. Maybe one day I will live below the poverty line. At the moment, I don’t, and I am no less called to solidarity with the poor and to social justice than my brothers and sisters who do. Typically, middle-class Americans satisfy their desire to be social justice by devoting occasional Saturdays to some service project or writing a check to a good cause. Volunteering and writing checks are great, but they may not sufficiently impinge on our lives. What if we asked how our daily routine affects the poor? How shopping at stores with cheap prices but lousy labor policies, for example, contributes to the oppression of our neighbors? How each out-of-season piece of fruit we eat, shipped to us from around the globe at great environmental cost, furthers the disparity between our “footprint” and that of someone in the developing world? I find the opposite of quietism in the Jewish text Ethics of the Fathers, which says, “You are not obligated to complete the task, but nor are you exempt from beginning it.” Where and how do you feel Christians can have the most impact on culture?Mark Driscoll: Christians need to get upstream to have the influence to change what culture is made of. What I mean by that is, culture is like a river, and most Christians are a downstream bunch who tend to complain about the junk that flows down to them on TV, in movies, in politics. To change things, we need to stop just fishing junk out of the river of culture and get upstream where all the junk is being thrown in and sent downstream to the masses. The key is to get wise Christians upstream running record labels, TV stations, businesses and other places to be a force for good, like Joseph and Daniel.Lauren Winner: Before Christians can think about having an impact on culture, we need to recognize that cultural artifacts suffuse our daily lives. The architecture of our neighborhoods, for example, is part of culture. The width of sidewalks and the presence (or lack thereof) of front porches are cultural artifacts, and they teach us to be and do a certain way. Our kids’ after-school schedules are cultural artifacts. Those after-school schedules simultaneously bespeak our values and teach us what to value.Efrem Smith: By serving the least and the lost and not abandoning our inner cities. Inner-city subcultures such as hip-hop are having a major influence in the world. The Church can have a major impact by influencing the influencers at a grassroots level as well as having a more biblical and holistic agenda of justice. For too long we’ve allowed the two major political parties to divide the Church and limit our kingdom impact.Erwin McManus: We are presently in a cultural tide pool: music, fashion, art, film, church. Culture is in an imitative frenzy. Imitation is good as long as it moves us to emulation, which should move us to innovation, which is where we begin to express and experience our uniqueness. It is time to risk and create the future. This is where we can have the greatest impact on culture. We can choose to create a compelling future. There is never simply one future being created. There are always competing futures at play. The ones that are most powerful and compelling become magnetic and create a force of human momentum. That’s how movements start. Someone decides there needs to be a tear in human history. The past as we have known it needs to come to a close, and a new future must be created. And isn’t this the ultimate calling of the Church: To create the future? EDITOR'S NOTE FOR THE COMMENTS SECTION BELOW: Because of the controversial nature of this discussion, our moderators are watching these comments like hawks. Personal views are obviously allowed, but personal attacks are not. Please be respectful to the other posters, as well as the contributors of this article. Bottom line, act like Christians (and yes, it's very sad we have to put this warning, but apparently it is needed based on the initial posts the article was receiving).
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Sueño con una Iglesia que….
Sueño con una Iglesia que….
Casa de Libertad
12-8-07
I. Sueños
a. Hemos perdido la capacidad de soñar
i. El Hijo de la Novia (escena hospital)
ii. Frustración
iii. Desesperanza
iv. La incapacidad de soñar se replica en toda nuestra vida, incluyendo la espiritual y eclesiástica
v. “En la lucha con la realidad, el hombre solo tiene un arma: la imaginación.” Teófilo Gautier
b. ¡Vale la pena!
i. Escena Gandalf y Pippin (ROTK)
1. ¡Esperanza en medio de las peores circunstancias!
ii. ¡Al rescate!
1. Escena Sam y Frodo (ROTK)
2. La Iglesia ya no recuerda “el sabor de las fresas”
a. Una institución herida
i. Escándalos
ii. Errores históricos
iii. Herejías
iv. Falta de acción
3. ¡Unámonos a rescatar a la novia del Señor!
II. Iglesia
a. La idea que tenemos de Iglesia refleja nuestro concepto de Jesús
i. Cristología – Misiología – Eclesiología
ii. Lo que creemos acerca de Jesús – y nuestra relación con El – define nuestra forma de entender nuestra misión en la Tierra y por ende, la forma que entendemos la Iglesia
b. ¿Qué?
i. Comunidad
1. Hebreos 10:24-25
2. Romanos 12:14-16
3. Gálatas 6:9-10
ii. Cuerpo
1. Romanos 12:4-5
2. 1 Corintios 12:12-13 y 27
iii. Novia
1. Efesios 5:25-27
2. Apocalipsis 19:7-9
c. ¿Por qué?
i. Jesús la estableció sobre sí mismo (el es la roca). (Mateo 16:18)
ii. Porque Dios está en medio de ella
1. Mateo 18:20
iii. Porque es bueno
1. Salmo 133:1
2. Hebreos 10:24-25
d. ¿Para qué?
i. Para comunicar y centrarse en lo principal: el Evangelio (1 Cor. 15:3-4)
ii. Apoyar el ministerio de cada uno de nosotros (Efesios 4:11-13)
iii. Hacer discípulos (Mateo 28:19)
iv. Para anunciar a Jesús (1 Pedro 2:9)
III. La tarea
a. ¿Cuál es mi sueño? ¡Sueño con una Iglesia qué….!
i. Soñar no cuesta nada, el sueño tiene un precio….
b. ¿Qué voy a hacer yo al respecto?
Casa de Libertad
12-8-07
I. Sueños
a. Hemos perdido la capacidad de soñar
i. El Hijo de la Novia (escena hospital)
ii. Frustración
iii. Desesperanza
iv. La incapacidad de soñar se replica en toda nuestra vida, incluyendo la espiritual y eclesiástica
v. “En la lucha con la realidad, el hombre solo tiene un arma: la imaginación.” Teófilo Gautier
b. ¡Vale la pena!
i. Escena Gandalf y Pippin (ROTK)
1. ¡Esperanza en medio de las peores circunstancias!
ii. ¡Al rescate!
1. Escena Sam y Frodo (ROTK)
2. La Iglesia ya no recuerda “el sabor de las fresas”
a. Una institución herida
i. Escándalos
ii. Errores históricos
iii. Herejías
iv. Falta de acción
3. ¡Unámonos a rescatar a la novia del Señor!
II. Iglesia
a. La idea que tenemos de Iglesia refleja nuestro concepto de Jesús
i. Cristología – Misiología – Eclesiología
ii. Lo que creemos acerca de Jesús – y nuestra relación con El – define nuestra forma de entender nuestra misión en la Tierra y por ende, la forma que entendemos la Iglesia
b. ¿Qué?
i. Comunidad
1. Hebreos 10:24-25
2. Romanos 12:14-16
3. Gálatas 6:9-10
ii. Cuerpo
1. Romanos 12:4-5
2. 1 Corintios 12:12-13 y 27
iii. Novia
1. Efesios 5:25-27
2. Apocalipsis 19:7-9
c. ¿Por qué?
i. Jesús la estableció sobre sí mismo (el es la roca). (Mateo 16:18)
ii. Porque Dios está en medio de ella
1. Mateo 18:20
iii. Porque es bueno
1. Salmo 133:1
2. Hebreos 10:24-25
d. ¿Para qué?
i. Para comunicar y centrarse en lo principal: el Evangelio (1 Cor. 15:3-4)
ii. Apoyar el ministerio de cada uno de nosotros (Efesios 4:11-13)
iii. Hacer discípulos (Mateo 28:19)
iv. Para anunciar a Jesús (1 Pedro 2:9)
III. La tarea
a. ¿Cuál es mi sueño? ¡Sueño con una Iglesia qué….!
i. Soñar no cuesta nada, el sueño tiene un precio….
b. ¿Qué voy a hacer yo al respecto?
martes, 7 de agosto de 2007
Stereotype Smackdown: Dispelling the Myths of Megachurches
¿Qué piensan?
By Adelle M. Banks
Religion News Service
Saturday, August 4, 2007; B09
They're big, nondenominational, homogenous churches that are all show with little spiritual depth.
That's what some might assume about the nation's megachurches, but scholar Scott Thumma is out to bash the stereotypes and explain the churches' appeal.
"Everybody takes those general characteristics and applies them to all megachurches," he said.
Yes, they're big, he says, but only 5 percent have 3,000 seats or more, and only two or three can seat 10,000 at one service.
He and Dave Travis have written "Beyond Megachurch Myths: What We Can Learn from America's Largest Churches" to reveal what research says about the 1,250 Protestant churches across the country that attract at least 2,000 worshipers each weekend.
Thumma's favorite myth is that the people sitting in megachurches tend to all be from the same racial, ethnic, political or economic group.
"One of the most fascinating things that I have always found about megachurches -- and it's probably due to size -- is that there's a tremendous amount of diversity in any congregation," said Thumma, who teaches at Hartford Seminary in Connecticut. "I think there's something about it being big that allows it to draw in all kinds of folks -- some Democrats, a lot of Republicans, some impoverished people, but also [some] quite wealthy."
Thumma and Travis based their book in part on a 2005 study that was conducted by the Hartford Institute for Religion Research, where Thumma is based, and the Leadership Network, a church-growth think tank in Dallas, where Travis is executive vice president. The book, out this month, is published by Jossey-Bass.
Megachurches are also more linked to denominations than some might think. The authors found that about 65 percent of megachurches are affiliated with a denomination, although some may downplay the link. Thumma estimates that about 10 percent of those churches are affiliated with mainline Protestant denominations, such as First Presbyterian Church of Orlando.
The authors compared their 2005 megachurch study to a larger 2005 random study of congregations to delve into the myths about the spiritual rigor of megachurches. They found that 51 percent of megachurches said their congregations greatly emphasized personal prayer, meditation or devotions, compared with 42 percent of congregations in general. Likewise, 54 percent of megachurches placed a significant emphasis on personal Scripture study, compared with 47 percent of congregations in general.
Congregations of all sizes were twice as likely as megachurches to greatly emphasize keeping the Sabbath holy.
Even as these large churches emphasize strong beliefs, they do so in innovative and unusual ways. A motorcycle may be ridden onto a stage, which happened at Fellowship Bible Church North in Plano, Tex. Or a video clip of a popular commercial may play on the large screens in a sanctuary.
"The megachurches . . . do push the envelope," Thumma said. "They want folks to say, 'Wow, this really fascinating thing happened at my church the other day,' so that people come and check it out."
The nonconventional approach to Sunday morning distinguishes these churches from more traditional ones, Thumma said.
"A traditional church says you go out and you save people," he said. "The megachurch says, 'We cast our net really wide and we bring in everyone, and then we evangelize the people that are sitting in the pews.' . . . They have, in some sense, antics and other intriguing things that draw people in."
Thumma and Travis say that much of what is working successfully in megachurches -- using sermons to address contemporary issues and fostering small groups to encourage community service, for example -- can help smaller congregations.
"We are absolutely convinced that these congregations are doing some things right, and it's not just related to their size," Thumma said. "What they're doing as big churches can also be translated to smaller congregations."
By Adelle M. Banks
Religion News Service
Saturday, August 4, 2007; B09
They're big, nondenominational, homogenous churches that are all show with little spiritual depth.
That's what some might assume about the nation's megachurches, but scholar Scott Thumma is out to bash the stereotypes and explain the churches' appeal.
"Everybody takes those general characteristics and applies them to all megachurches," he said.
Yes, they're big, he says, but only 5 percent have 3,000 seats or more, and only two or three can seat 10,000 at one service.
He and Dave Travis have written "Beyond Megachurch Myths: What We Can Learn from America's Largest Churches" to reveal what research says about the 1,250 Protestant churches across the country that attract at least 2,000 worshipers each weekend.
Thumma's favorite myth is that the people sitting in megachurches tend to all be from the same racial, ethnic, political or economic group.
"One of the most fascinating things that I have always found about megachurches -- and it's probably due to size -- is that there's a tremendous amount of diversity in any congregation," said Thumma, who teaches at Hartford Seminary in Connecticut. "I think there's something about it being big that allows it to draw in all kinds of folks -- some Democrats, a lot of Republicans, some impoverished people, but also [some] quite wealthy."
Thumma and Travis based their book in part on a 2005 study that was conducted by the Hartford Institute for Religion Research, where Thumma is based, and the Leadership Network, a church-growth think tank in Dallas, where Travis is executive vice president. The book, out this month, is published by Jossey-Bass.
Megachurches are also more linked to denominations than some might think. The authors found that about 65 percent of megachurches are affiliated with a denomination, although some may downplay the link. Thumma estimates that about 10 percent of those churches are affiliated with mainline Protestant denominations, such as First Presbyterian Church of Orlando.
The authors compared their 2005 megachurch study to a larger 2005 random study of congregations to delve into the myths about the spiritual rigor of megachurches. They found that 51 percent of megachurches said their congregations greatly emphasized personal prayer, meditation or devotions, compared with 42 percent of congregations in general. Likewise, 54 percent of megachurches placed a significant emphasis on personal Scripture study, compared with 47 percent of congregations in general.
Congregations of all sizes were twice as likely as megachurches to greatly emphasize keeping the Sabbath holy.
Even as these large churches emphasize strong beliefs, they do so in innovative and unusual ways. A motorcycle may be ridden onto a stage, which happened at Fellowship Bible Church North in Plano, Tex. Or a video clip of a popular commercial may play on the large screens in a sanctuary.
"The megachurches . . . do push the envelope," Thumma said. "They want folks to say, 'Wow, this really fascinating thing happened at my church the other day,' so that people come and check it out."
The nonconventional approach to Sunday morning distinguishes these churches from more traditional ones, Thumma said.
"A traditional church says you go out and you save people," he said. "The megachurch says, 'We cast our net really wide and we bring in everyone, and then we evangelize the people that are sitting in the pews.' . . . They have, in some sense, antics and other intriguing things that draw people in."
Thumma and Travis say that much of what is working successfully in megachurches -- using sermons to address contemporary issues and fostering small groups to encourage community service, for example -- can help smaller congregations.
"We are absolutely convinced that these congregations are doing some things right, and it's not just related to their size," Thumma said. "What they're doing as big churches can also be translated to smaller congregations."
martes, 10 de julio de 2007
miércoles, 27 de junio de 2007
martes, 26 de junio de 2007
El Local
Este es el plano propuesto para el local que esperamos en Dios sea la cede de Casa de Libertad. El local está en el segundo nivel de METRO PLAZA en Carretera a El Salvador (dónde está Burger King), justo arriba de COMEX y La Sercha.
Necesitamos el apoyo y las oraciones de todos para lograr este sueño. Cualquier sugerencia es más que bienvenida.
martes, 5 de junio de 2007
El Apóstol Pedro sobre la Libertad y Responsabilidad
"Sométanse por causa del Señor a toda autoridad humana, ya sea al rey como suprema autoridad, o a los gobernadores que él envía para castigar a los que hacen el mal y reconocer a los que hacen el bien. Porque ésta es la voluntad de Dios: que, practicando el bien, hagan callar la ignorancia de los insensatos. Eso es actuar como personas libres que no se valen de su libertad para disimular la maldad, sino que viven como siervos de Dios." (1 de Pedro 2:13-16 NIV)
"Criados, sométanse con todo respeto a sus amos, no sólo a los buenos y comprensivos sino también a los insoportables. Porque es digno de elogio que, por sentido de responsabilidad delante de Dios, se soporten penalidades, aun sufriendo injustamente. Pero ¿cómo pueden ustedes atribuirse mérito alguno si soportan que los maltraten por hacer el mal? En cambio, si sufren por hacer el bien, eso merece elogio delante de Dios. Para esto fueron llamados, porque Cristo sufrió por ustedes, dándoles ejemplo para que sigan sus pasos." (1 de Pedro 2:18-21 NIV)
Reflexión sobre el Evangelismo
Hoy leí una reflexión que me llamó mucho la atención de cómo se está viendo el evangelismo en estos días. La reflexión es de Jim Wallis:
"El evangelismo en nuestros días se ha convertido en gran parte un una producción empacada, una experiencia de mercadeo masivo en la que los evangelistas se esfuerzan por contestar aquella pregunta que nadie está preguntando...Cuándo la vida de la iglesia plantea nuevas preguntas, el evangelismo se degenera."
domingo, 3 de junio de 2007
Exclusividad de Jesús: ¿Intolerancia en el mundo de hoy?
Platicando con un par de amigos no creyentes en Jesús (una de las personas se identifica con espiritualidades indígenas y la otra prefiere construir una forma propia de vivir la vida y entenderla), uno de los temas que parecen ser bastante discutidos en la cultura post-moderna es la exclusividad que para nosotros los cristianos tiene Jesús, cómo único Dios, Salvador y Camino.
¿Cómo explicamos esto hoy, en el que ideas como la tolerancia están tan de moda? ¿Cómo podemos contender por la fe de manera fiel a la Escritura y a la vez relevante para una cultura que busca una conección con algo más grande que de sentido sus vidas?
Este es un reto al que seguramente todos nos enfrentaremos y es uno de esos temas fundamentales que dificilmente podemos "negociar" como cristianos. ¿Qué se les ocurre? ¿Qué experiencias han tenido alrededor de este tema? ¿Con qué preguntas o cuestionamientos se han topado? ¿Podemos efectivamente mostrar el amor eterno e inmenso de Dios por la humanidad a través de Jesús, y únicamente a través de El?
Reuniones Semanales
El día de hoy (domingo 2 de junio) iniciamos en la casa de los Eggenberger reuniones semanales para empezar a conectar como comunidad, aprender juntos, orar los unos por los otros, buscar al Señor, adorarle, y a vivir el sueño de Casa de Libertad.
Quienes estén interesados en unirse al grupo, queremos juntarnos todos los domingos, ojalá alternando casas y/o lugares de reunión hasta que arranquemos ya formalmente en nuestro local definitivo.
jueves, 24 de mayo de 2007
El Manejo del Dinero
Uno de los temas por los cuales los cristianos somos más cuestionados, es sobre el manejo del dinero en las iglesias. Muchos hemos sido repelidos de otras congregaciones precisamente por cuestionar lo mismo.
En Casa de Libertad queremos hacer bien esto y quisieramos por favor sus sugerencias de cómo sería el mejor sistema de la administración del recurso financiero que será confiado para administrar en favor del Reino.
Abrimos el foro a discusión y aceptamos cualquier comentario y/o sugerencia.
lunes, 21 de mayo de 2007
Lugar para la Iglesia
Pasando a temas un poco mas mundanos y no tan profundos... tenemos que comenzar a pensar donde nos puede convenir situar la Iglesia. Aunque es dificil buscar un lugar especifico con tanto tiempo de anticipacion, me gustaria oir opiniones sobre el tipo de lugar que podemos agarrar.
Nos conviene comenzar en un Hotel?
Existe la posibilidad de que nos alquilen un Cine los dias domingos?
Sera conveniente amarrarnos a un local fijo desde el inicio?
En fin, si tienen ideas, comentarios o aun sugerencias especificas sobre el lugar que debemos buscar, porfa hagannoslo llegar.
Nos conviene comenzar en un Hotel?
Existe la posibilidad de que nos alquilen un Cine los dias domingos?
Sera conveniente amarrarnos a un local fijo desde el inicio?
En fin, si tienen ideas, comentarios o aun sugerencias especificas sobre el lugar que debemos buscar, porfa hagannoslo llegar.
Capacitados para Decidir
"Capacitados para decidir", una pequeña frase que me mando Jorge Correa y que resume realmente lo que es la libertad responsable y lo que queremos lograr en Casa de Libertad.
Yo creo que cualquiera que ha estado en una posicion donde sus decisiones van a determinar el rumbo de una empresa o familia quiere tener la mayor cantidad posible de informacion (correcta) para poder tomar la mejor decision. Ya sea comprar un carro, una casa o un repuesto, mientras mas sepamos acerca del problema o la situacion, mejor va a ser la decision que tomemos.
A pesar de esto, muchas veces las iglesias, con la buena intencion de que nadie se confunda, pretenden esconder cierta informacion sobre algunos temas y de esa manera evitar que la gente decida por si misma. Precisamente lo que no queremos hacer en Casa de Libertad es decidir por la gente, queremos dar toda la instruccion que la Biblia nos da sobre cualquier tema (oracion, dinero, sexo, etc), incluyendo beneficios y consecuencias, para que los que alli asistan esten capacitados para decidir.
Yo creo que cualquiera que ha estado en una posicion donde sus decisiones van a determinar el rumbo de una empresa o familia quiere tener la mayor cantidad posible de informacion (correcta) para poder tomar la mejor decision. Ya sea comprar un carro, una casa o un repuesto, mientras mas sepamos acerca del problema o la situacion, mejor va a ser la decision que tomemos.
A pesar de esto, muchas veces las iglesias, con la buena intencion de que nadie se confunda, pretenden esconder cierta informacion sobre algunos temas y de esa manera evitar que la gente decida por si misma. Precisamente lo que no queremos hacer en Casa de Libertad es decidir por la gente, queremos dar toda la instruccion que la Biblia nos da sobre cualquier tema (oracion, dinero, sexo, etc), incluyendo beneficios y consecuencias, para que los que alli asistan esten capacitados para decidir.
sábado, 19 de mayo de 2007
Ideas sobre la Libertad
En Casa de Libertad, uno de nuestros pilares principales es la "Libertad Responsable". Nosotros definimos Libertad Responsable como:
Creemos que el fundamento de la Libertad está en el conocimiento pleno de la Verdad (Juan 8:32 / Juan 14:6).
Creemos en la libertad como fuente de la verdadera virtud del actuar individual.
Creemos que cada uno de nosotros es responsable de sus decisiones y acciones diarias.
No creemos en reglas impuestas por hombres, sino en la libertad de consciencia y la responsabilidad individual.
Creemos que es solo en libertad responsable que efectivamente podemos modelar a Cristo en nuestra vida diaria.
¿Qué otras opiniones tienen sobre este concepto? ¿Quiénes están de acuerdo? ¿Por qué si? ¿Por qué no?
Creemos que el fundamento de la Libertad está en el conocimiento pleno de la Verdad (Juan 8:32 / Juan 14:6).
Creemos en la libertad como fuente de la verdadera virtud del actuar individual.
Creemos que cada uno de nosotros es responsable de sus decisiones y acciones diarias.
No creemos en reglas impuestas por hombres, sino en la libertad de consciencia y la responsabilidad individual.
Creemos que es solo en libertad responsable que efectivamente podemos modelar a Cristo en nuestra vida diaria.
¿Qué otras opiniones tienen sobre este concepto? ¿Quiénes están de acuerdo? ¿Por qué si? ¿Por qué no?
Reunión del 17 de mayo
¡Hola a todos! Si asistieron a la reunión del jueves 17 en NAIS de la zona 10, sería genial que por favor nos dejen todos sus comentarios de lo que pensaron del proyecto, y sobre todo, que nos cuenten en qué areas de la iglesia les gustaría apoyarnos. Aceptamos todo tipo de sugerencias, recomendaciones y críticas, así que adelante, a BLOGGEAR.
Visión de Casa de Libertad
Ser la Iglesia, no solo una iglesia y promover un ambiente de libertad responsable y verdadera adoración a Jesús que lleve a nuestras familias a servir y transformar nuestra comunidad.
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