don't go to church... be the church: Part 1

Word's getting out that a new church is starting here in Tulsa. When people hear about it they generally have a few questions.

There is one particular question that almost* every person starts with.

"Where will it be?"

All of these people live in the Tulsa area. Most of them are a part of a local church.
and they ask "Where will it be?"



Such an interesting question! I know what they are asking and it shows a flaw in our fundamental identity as people who follow God. The folks who ask "Where will it be?" are wondering where our building will be. Where our ministry will take place. Where worship will take place. Where community will take place. Where "the magic happens", as one friend put it.

These are good people. Very good people actually. But the way they talk about the church, and/or themselves is flawed.

I've been guilty of this kind of talk. and occassionally still fall into it.

Have you ever said, "I'm going to church"? To say this, is a theologically incorrect statement. The Bible never talks about church as a place, or location. Church is a new testament idea, and the new testament never refers to a location as "church". The church is the people. We are the church. The church isn't something you attend, it is something you are.

So let's go back to the question everyone keeps asking.
"Where will your new church be?"

My response. "Everywhere." or "All over Tulsa."

Where ever our people are, that's where the church is. This is not some kind of word game for us. Our primary connecting points for the will be homes, coffee shops and where life happens. Where the church (people) will be who God called them to be.

Don't get me wrong, one day we will have a building, and we will meet in homes, but eikon's structure for our we gather is turned upside down.

More later...







*(I say almost because, though I can't remember a single person asking something else first, I'm giving my memory the benefit of the doubt.)