church without walls

I knew the time would come, but didn't expect it this soon. Nevertheless, we are once again churchless and will remain so this time. It's time for church outside the walls.

Sparing you the boring details, the story of why we left comes down to church walls. It always does. Doesn't it? There are all sorts of walls, many of them we might not even recognize as walls. Some walls keep us out, while others keeep us in. But when those walls hurt your children, and when it was for them that you were doing church in the first place, then it is time move on. There is something inherent in these organizations that leave them primed for abuse. But that's another story.

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There is a chapter heading in the online book "A Church Without Walls" called "Kelal -- The Timeless Truth". It began with a thought and to date, has not been composed. Potentially, I think we can all contribute to the concept and see if it develops into a chapter of the book.

Kelal Defined: Found at Mystica.com

[Kelal (Hebrew, surround, include) is a summary of rabbinic Judaism of the essential meaning of Torah, or a series of halakhoth in the Mishnah. One of the ideals in teaching is to follow derek qezarah, the (shortest) way. Rabbis, therefore, would search for a statement, preferably a verse from the Torah, which would summarize the purpose and meaning of the covenant. Perhaps the most famous kelal was of Hillel, "What ever you would not have people do to you, do not do to them." Aqiba said Leviticus 19:18, "You shall not avenge, nor bear any grudge against any of thy people, but you shall love thy neighbor; I am the Lord," "the great kelal in the Torah." They are many more examples."

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In this thread I hope to share a journey with those who, like myself, have sensed and felt removal by religious exclusion and have come to find a resting place in Christ alone. Literally millions have been scorned by human institutions and have fled to the wilderness -- they are labelled "unchurched."

But imagine that those who are the downtrodden might in actuality be no different from the rabble of Jesus' day...drawn to the wilderness where the unfit recieved great comfort in a Message.

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