Many, even most people often find radically new ideas, new realities hard to adjust to or even accept. This is certainly true in the scientific realm when ideas that once seemed crazy have now been shown to be true (e.g. that an electron can be in two places at the same time). However ‘craziness’ is … Continue reading There’s Another Universe next Door
Unbounded Church – A Paradigm Shift
“The significant problems we face can’t be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.” Albert Einstein The 2013 Session of the Diocese of Sydney Synod received a report entitled “Review of the Diocesan Mission and the Next Phase of Mission”. This report gave a comprehensive overview of the … Continue reading Unbounded Church – A Paradigm Shift
The Unbounded set
We have constructed a 'church' that is bounded, by the walls of our buildings. ie to be a member you have to "come in" and be 'inside'. If you are outside you do not belong. So there is a clearly defined boundary between those who belong and those who do not. This is not the … Continue reading The Unbounded set
Unbounded Church has No Walls
One of the things that really annoyed the religious authorities, the Pharisees, in Jesus’ time was the fact that he didn’t just mix with the Jews, the people of God, the ‘church’ if you like. Pharisees themselves would have nothing to do with non ‘church’ people i.e. non-Jews, or those who were ‘unclean’ - lepers, … Continue reading Unbounded Church has No Walls
Unbounded Church and the Prior Question
The Unbounded Church and the Prior Question The proceedings of a church conference I recently attended were often ponderously slow, however one benefit the ponderous intervals did provide were spaces for reflection. In one such ‘space’, in the midst of debates regarding the various structural changes being made to governance, funding proposals, and a paper … Continue reading Unbounded Church and the Prior Question
Unbounded Church
Unbounded Church is an idea - The idea that the church needs to be set free from its rigid, cumbersome and change-averse 'Christendom' influenced forms and structures in order to be - 'A church as we haven't known it for a society as we haven't known it' We hope that this website will … Continue reading Unbounded Church
