I picked up Driscoll's easy reading book during a recent visit to a conference in England. Driscoll had been one of the main speakers of the conference.
I have been keeping the theme of the emerging church at arm's length and had actually some doubts about the wisdom of attending this event. However I was pleasantly surprised. The speaker was easy to listen to although he had the afternoon sessions.
He gave some insights as to what make him and his church tick.
What I particularly liked about him was his commitment to God's word and his easy teaching of systematic theology.
A friend recently asked me, "Why doesn't church work?" There seems to be a lot of disappointment and discouragement. Some churches are growing and seem to be very successful but many are struggling and are shaken by crisis. So why isn't church working? I think that Driscoll tries to answer this question. It has to do with being missional-minded. Many church just circle around themselves and most of the events and things they organise are to support whatever is already in the church.
Driscoll uses Rick Warren's circles of bringing people who are completely distanced from the church and actually moving them step by step to the centre of the church.
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