It was great today to meet up with my friends Billy Kennedy and Roger Ellis from Pioneer... www.pioneer.org.uk.
Pioneer is about 'non-religious Christianity' - a phrase taken from a German theologian called Bonhoeffer. As he saw the German church retreat into insignifance in 1930's Nazi Germany, he grappled with this vision of decline and compared this with what he felt Jesus had originally intended for the church... 'non-religious Christ following' - an organic movement of followers of Christ, filled with the Spirit and seeking to bring transformation and hope to the world around them. As Bonhoeffer went on to explain, we then made it a little more complicated !!!???!!!£££$$$!!
Simply... is part of Pioneer ( as well as being part of Methodism) - a network of networks of churches and projects and other great stuff. We love hanging out with these guys and gals and are popping over to their national leadership conference in a few weeks .. if you're around in Southampton, come and say hello!
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