Representative Part 2

Tuesday night went great! We had 6 representatives from Mayfair and had a really refreshing conversation with some great Methodist brothers and sisters. They were inquisitive about every part of our "denomination". I say "denomination" because they couldn't grasp that every Church of Christ is autonomous from the other one. No board of directors, no governing body, no certain book, no lectionary (ask me later what that is)-so interesting. One of the main thing that we wanted to get across was that Churches of Christ are struggling with image, what they believe, and why they believe it. A new generation of believers is emerging and asking necessary questions and challenging the status quo. At the end of the conversation we had about 4 people come up to us and tell us about "horror stories" from the Church of Christ and that we had cleared up some real confusion and frustration they had with us. Sad but true that this is where many "denominational" churches are now-dispelling myths about their particular faith. God help us as the church tries to become your bride.