FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH (Disciples of Christ)

What does it mean to be “Church” in this time? For two millennia, when you talked about Church, the usual assumption was that it was about an in-person gathering of people. In fact, when you read the word “Church” in the New Testament, it usually is a translation of the Greek word, “ekklesia,” whose primary… Read More »

PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE When the Disciples of Christ movement was getting started, it was unique on the American church landscape for a number of reasons. For one thing, our movement rejected long detailed creedal statements as a test of fellowship. How can you boil down the mystery of faith into some formulas? Our founders said, “let’s… Read More »

PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE Recently, there have been churches around the country suing local governments for placing restrictions on their meeting together. Local governments, after all, are bearing the burden of trying to keep the COVID19 pandemic under control. Again and again, you see some pastor go on tv and claim, “Essential businesses are open. The Church… Read More »

Time. As recently as last year, time seemed to be a dependable quantity. You could go over to your calendar, and you could count how many days it would be until some particular thing happened. Like concerts. Or baseball seasons, or races, or even til Sunday morning worship. For example, on my birthday in March… Read More »