tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9926207.post150180132689185915..comments2024-03-04T00:50:02.182-08:00Comments on KeithGiles.com: What’s Wrong with Organic Church? Too Isolated from Traditional ChurchesKeith Gileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00328300571647154699noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9926207.post-81057321011422540712011-05-12T08:48:02.408-07:002011-05-12T08:48:02.408-07:00There is a lot of truth in this. For me, since lea...There is a lot of truth in this. For me, since leaving the institutional church, I have still managed to keep many of the close friends that I made while there and even still have some good Jesus centered conversations with many of them. The strange thing is that most of these friendships are with believers that attended a different church than the one I grew up at and left. It's sad really, that I haven't made more of an effort to keep these relationships with my brothers and sisters, many of whom I was a leader with side by side. By God's grace we have to continue working not only toward peace with ALL of our brothers and sisters, but also authentic love and Christ-centered fellowship. Thanks for your words and thoughts, Keith.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9926207.post-16568167684431771722011-05-11T18:42:10.523-07:002011-05-11T18:42:10.523-07:00I was reading a book about the differences between...I was reading a book about the differences between the persecuted church and the church in the west and one thing stuck out to me was that the majority of persecuted Christians won't move more than a mile from where they are born. The Christians that they gather with are those who arenearby. They can't choose who they want to meet with and who they don't When we go out of our local community to meet, when there are Christians in our community, we are doing something that seems unnatural to the Body.Peterhttp://thekingspresence.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com