Comments on: To My Brother, MIA http://ceruleansanctum.com/2008/08/to-my-brother-mia.html Looking for the 1st century Church in 21st century America Tue, 22 May 2012 03:53:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: Dan Edelenhttp://ceruleansanctum.com/2008/08/to-my-brother-mia.html#comment-41166 Dan Edelen Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:41:43 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/?p=987#comment-41166 Mark, I dunno. You live in an area for 25+ years after that church was built and you'd think you'd meet SOMEBODY from it. Especially when you lived within 10 minutes of the church for years. Mark,

I dunno. You live in an area for 25+ years after that church was built and you’d think you’d meet SOMEBODY from it. Especially when you lived within 10 minutes of the church for years.

]]> By: Mark Byronhttp://ceruleansanctum.com/2008/08/to-my-brother-mia.html#comment-41163 Mark Byron Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:41:03 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/?p=987#comment-41163 That church might have run in different circles with your churches. I remember going to a Baptist church in Michigan who had a lot of their youth going to Pensacola Christian College. During the height of the Brownsville "revival", which was a cause celeb in Pentecostal circles, these PCC students were clueless about what was going on across town in Pensacola. Also, you might have run into folks from that church as part of para-church activities, where they were flying the banner of Promise Keepers or a local homeless shelter or some other pan-evangelical activity. Just because they didn't say they were from Beltway Megachurch doesn't mean they weren't out there. That church might have run in different circles with your churches. I remember going to a Baptist church in Michigan who had a lot of their youth going to Pensacola Christian College. During the height of the Brownsville “revival”, which was a cause celeb in Pentecostal circles, these PCC students were clueless about what was going on across town in Pensacola.

Also, you might have run into folks from that church as part of para-church activities, where they were flying the banner of Promise Keepers or a local homeless shelter or some other pan-evangelical activity. Just because they didn’t say they were from Beltway Megachurch doesn’t mean they weren’t out there.

]]> By: Dan Edelenhttp://ceruleansanctum.com/2008/08/to-my-brother-mia.html#comment-41104 Dan Edelen Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:53:46 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/?p=987#comment-41104 Vince, Truth is that church pales in size to many of the megachurches that now fill our area. Only then, when it was first built, did it seem huge. I'm not sure if the people who built that church had their treasures in the wrong place. Who's to say when it comes to building ANY church building that it may have been built outside God's will? I don't know if the people of that church made it their bunker, but I don't know where they are in our community. I wish I did. Vince,

Truth is that church pales in size to many of the megachurches that now fill our area. Only then, when it was first built, did it seem huge.

I’m not sure if the people who built that church had their treasures in the wrong place. Who’s to say when it comes to building ANY church building that it may have been built outside God’s will?

I don’t know if the people of that church made it their bunker, but I don’t know where they are in our community. I wish I did.

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