Troy Hamby

I have been re-reading “The Tangible Kingdom” over the last few days and it has really been messing me up big time. I read it about 2 years ago and really liked it but now that we’ve actually moved ahead with this church plant and are “doing it”, I’m really beginning to evaluate what “church” is and is not in a whole new light. I don’t want to perpetuate modes and ideas that aren’t working in our postmodern culture but I also don’t want to discard current methods just becasue they’re part of the attractional church. Anyway, I just read this quote and I have to share it.

“Church must not be the goal of the gospel anymore. Church should not be the focus of our efforts or the banner we hold up to explain what we’re about. Church should be what ends up happening as a natural response to people wanting to follow us, be with us and be like us as we are following Christ.”