Sunday
Nov272005
Surprise baptism
Sunday, November 27, 2005 at 5:59PM
We did a spontaneous baptism this morning. It wasn't completely spontaneous: we had it planned since the summer. We just didn't tell anybody. This morning I spoke on what it means to follow Christ, and then I invited people to respond by being baptized. I waited in the foyer. I had a few words planned in case nobody came; that happens. Two people (Eva and Bryan) soon joined me. We quickly got changed, and celebrated together. It was one of the best baptisms I have been a part of. I got the idea from James, and I like it.
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ok ... so I click on 'James' which takes me to WitW, and decide to surf around a bit, seeing as my wife went to high school with Pastor James, oops, Dr James, and when we lived in Denver he sat at our picnic table at 469 Chiswick Circle in Highlands Ranch when he was first working on his DMin ( at Denver Seminary? ) which he apparently completed at Phoenix Seminary, but I digress. Now, being lead pastor at a church with some emerging tendencies has it's moments, one of them reading PJ's 'why I am not emergent' ... so to click on the story of the jingle written for WitW was an eye opener ... PJ, or DrJ, in his wisdom, many years before, had asked, no ... actually told David Crowder, yes, that David Crowder, of UBC Waco ( University Baptist Church ), who has had 2 senior emerging pastors, Chris Seay, and the late Kyle Lake, that he would write a jingle for WitW. I guess he is at least open to emerging worship leaders who do what they are told? Just found that a bit ironic ... check it out at: http://downloads-walkintheword.com/MP3/Welcome3.mp3" rel="nofollow">http://downloads-walkintheword.com/MP3/Welcome3.mp3" rel="nofollow">http://downloads-walkintheword.com/MP3/Welcome3.mp3
Don: You may enjoy this post by TSK: http://tallskinnykiwi.typepad.com/tallskinnykiwi/2005/08/how_james_macdo.html" rel="nofollow">http://tallskinnykiwi.typepad.com/tallskinnykiwi/2005/08/how_james_macdo.html
hmmm ... I guess it is kind of a compliment to be thinking/blogging on the same lines as AJ, eh? Now, if only I was blogging that in August, and not November, things would be different! d
And on it goes... Where's the fruit? Where is God at work transforming lives? What type of ministry does God use to bring that about? What does a ministry have to have before that begins to take place? I'm still looking for evidence of that in the emerging circles in our area Darryl. Not "hey this is cool" surface changes but deep life transformation. I'm still looking.....
George: You know (I hope) by now that I really don't care if a church calls itself emerging or not. I think I've given you a few names of churches, emerging and not, that seem to be making an impact. I think what we're doing is too important to split under these types of labels.