More thoughts from AND

Still processing through the excellent book AND - The Gathered AND the Scattered Church by Hugh Halter and May Smay.

They write about a discovery they made... we have found"if you try to start a church or grow a church, you often attract people who just want to do 'church things'; but if you start with a mission, God will draw people together and church will happen naturally." And they write that their church isn't "a church that does mission; it's a mission that has become a church, and the people who now do church together clearly acknowledge that this new way of living is better ecclesial rhythm than simply adding a church gathering at the end of every week. Again, what brings meaning to your gathering is how well you scatter."