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# Track Two
- URL: https://www.dashhouse.com/20051026track-two-html/
- Published: 2005-10-26T04:37:42.000Z
- Updated: 2022-08-15T15:34:09.000Z
- Author: Darryl Dash
- Tags: Blog, Dying Church, #DashHouseCom, #wp

*This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church”*

[The first track](http://www.dyingchurch.com/archives/2005/10/two%5Ftracks.htm?ref=dashhouse.com) of disillusionment with modern approaches to church disillusioned me. There's a second track that gives me hope.

- It's the track of rediscovering the Gospel as more than just a decision. It's about sin, but it's about [so much more](http://www.jesuscreed.org/?p=500&ref=dashhouse.com).
- It's about rediscovering the mandate in the Bible to bless the world. It goes all the way back to Abraham (blessed to be a blessing) and continues right up to today.
- It's about discovering that many people at Richview were way ahead of me in sensing that the programmatic church model doesn't work, and they were already longing for something more.
- It's about thinking about the church as a community of apprentices of Jesus Christ, trying to learn together what it means to follow him.

This list tells you a lot about me – when was the church anything but concerned with these things? – but the thought of being part of a community of people trying to figure out how to follow Jesus, bless the world, and live the Gospel – that excites me. It's like the life that comes on the other side of dying.

| **Track One: Moving Away From**               | **Track Two: Moving Toward**         |
| --------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------ |
| Gospel as a decision                          | Gospel as a way of life              |
| Focus: managing church                        | Focus: blessing the community        |
| Being alone                                   | Being with others                    |
| Church as a provider of programs and services | Church as a community of apprentices |