More thoughts on doing church on multiple levels concurrently . . .

Chris Smith left a good comment (but for some odd reason it didn't tally the comment counter so check that out here and add your thoughts as you like. Anyway, he brought up something that has been rattling around in my head a little: "My one concern is the lack of commitment. I think it is possible to have deep commitments to both groups . . ."

I may have poorly worded the part of not committing to either what's going on in the home or what's going on in the church we may attend for corporate worship gatherings. As it turns out, I'm glad about the poor wording because it forced me into revisiting what I'm really trying to work through. I am definitely big on committing to people - wherever they may gather. Being with people in a real way is the point of all this. I'm more hesitant when it comes to committing to the form.

When Michelle and I were talking about this stuff, we came to a question that goes something like this: What if all, or at least most, of the people gathering in the home were gathering with the same church body for worship and that church wanted to recognize it as a more or less official group of the church (sort of like a home/small/cell group)? While I don't have any interest in this becoming an issue of territory that I feel a defensiveness about, I also have mixed feelings about something organic being co-opted by something less so.

I don't have the time at the moment to flesh this out more or poke it around myself, but that leaves room for you, my friends. Questions? Comments? Suggestions?