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Church
in Perth Community
currently under maintenance, will resume soon as it is ready to
run again
www.churchinperth.com/community
The
main reason we are launching this aspect of the site is that as
Christians we are totally dedicated to the priority of community
as the space in which human beings find and express their true identity.
Since God is an eternal community as trinity, and we are in his
image, community is the beginning, end and true meaning of all of
life.
Some
Christians are wary of cyberspace and fear that its use can only
cause further distancing between people. As with all aspects of
power this is a real danger, but if God has given us dominion in
Christ over all of creation then this power must also be able to
serve his purposes.
One
of the attractions of the Internet from a Christian worldview is
that we all meet as equals - it is a level playing field. In a time
when many in the church are worried, about control and hierarchy
Church InPerth. corn Community provides an opportunity for all of
us to express heartfelt opinions and make serious investigations
in a climate free from the restrictions of rank, position or privilege.
Our Community dimension gives our users an opportunity to contribute
to the life of churchinperth.com and not be merely passive onlookers.
Our
hope is that as we share together we will all get as sense of what
God is saying to our city and be drawn along as a family in his
gracious purposes. Only he knows where this adventure will draw
us.
In
thinking about how to launch ChurchInPerth.corn Community 1 was
reminded of my first editorial of the year, titled "Does the
Church Have a Future". 1 raised this question in the light
of a fifty percent drop of church attendance in the last forty years.
Recently 1 heard that fifty percent of Uniting Church attendees
would be dead or unable to attend church by 2015, and the figures
for Anglicans, Baptists and Catholics were not much different. This
is the question that 1 would like us to begin to discuss as a first
vital aspect of our journey together: "Does the Church Have
a Future".
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