March 25, 2009
Ur Video: Frank Viola on Community
The author of Pagan Christianity on the upside of organic churches.
This video comes from Lance Ford, one of our partners over at Shapevine.com. After Frank Viola's opening impression of Dirty Harry, he talks about the nature of Christian community. How important is proximity and frequency to fostering real community? And does a house/organic church structure foster healthier community than a more institutional model? Of course Viola struck a nerve last year with his book Pagan Christianity. A review of his follow up, From Eternity to Here, will be posted on Ur in the coming days.
Posted by UrL Scaramanga on March 25, 2009
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How important is proximity and frequency to fostering real community?
I find that "fostering" community is probably just the beginning. Living community, now there you go, that is what needs to be encouraged.
"And does a house/organic church structure foster healthier community than a more institutional model?"
Hmm, well, maybe. Doesn't excite me all that much, but I'll hold off that opinion till I think about it some more.
"Of course Viola struck a nerve last year with his book Pagan Christianity. A review of his follow up, From Eternity to Here, will be posted on Ur in the coming days."
Struck my nerve he did, and if he applied the same amount of sloppy scholarly work with "from Eternity to here" as he did with Pagan Christianity, then I'm going to take a pass on his work.
Posted by: sheerahkahn at March 25, 2009
Pagan Christianity has created quite a stir. I have read the book several time and am currently writing a critique of the book. My initial observations are that the research is solid, but Viola's interpratation of the research is extreme.
Posted by: Michael Young at April 4, 2009