[Vision2020] Politics?

[keely emerinemix]

A city councilmember and Christ Church member resigns to begin a church 
plant in another state -- this is the evidence that exonerates Christ Church 
and its attendant ministries of charges that it is or has conducted itself 
much like a political organization?

Gee, Michael.  I'm underwhelmed.  Mr. Guyer's actions don't indicate 
anything more than that he was interested in starting a new church 
somewhere.  Period.  It's hardly a slam-dunk affirmation that  an entire 
church community and its leaders are staunchly and clearly apolitical.  I 
think maybe you're not that easily impressed, but sure hope we are.  Why?

I applaud Mr. Guyer for his priorities, but I think the jury needs a little 
more evidence less desperately offered before it decides that the Kirk is 
entirely devoted to ministry and not politics, civil engagement and not 
civic hegemony.

keely





From: "Michael" <metzler at moscow.com>
To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Subject: [Vision2020] Politics?
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 17:22:51 -0800


Here's something I really liked from Dale's BlogVille.  I know it represents
my thoughts on the issue of local politics.


Michael Metzler





The Unanswerable Question for Bill London


posted on Tuesday, 08 November, 2005 12:35 PM by dmcourtn
<http://right-mind.us/user/Profile.aspx?UserID=2100>

I was at the NSA Disputatio when Bill London spoke to the NSA students.

Bill was hauling out his well-worn slogan: you all are a political
organization.

So during the question and answer period, I got to ask a question of London:


"Bill, if Christ Church is a political organization with political desires
to take over Moscow, why did one of our own congregants who was on the City
Council (John Guyer) resign and leave to help start a church plant in
another State?

By your logic, he had one of the most coveted political positions in all of
Moscow: a City Council seat. Yet  he walked away from it in order to plant a
church in another State.

Wouldn't that tell you where our priorities actually lie: planting churches
over planting politicians."

He hemmed and hawed but gave no answer -- for there is no answer he could
give consistent with his framework.

But the question remains for all to see the truth of the matter.





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