I want to give a shout out to Chi Alpha UNC under the leadership of campus pastor Gina Archer. I love hanging out with Chi Alpha Students in a hopeless attempt to appear younger than I am. We talked last night about what it means to be a “Pentecostal Community”. Too often we use Acts 2 alone as a biblical framework to describe what it means to be pentecostal. We spent some time linking Acts 2 with Deut 16 (the feast of Pentecost).
Pentecostal Community needs to be discussed. Here is the simple outline from last night. I hope it spurs conversation in Chi Alpha & in us.
What does it mean to be a “pentecostal” community?
We must be in community. (Deut 16: 11; Acts 2:1)
To be “in” community you must?
1. have like heart
2. have shared burdens
3. have joint commitment
We must be inclusive (Deut 16:11; Acts 1:13-14)
We must be missional
A Missional Community:
1. Has clear purpose. (John 21:3; Acts 3:6-8)
2. Brings healing to their community.
3. Is culturally relevant. (Acts 2:12-13)
4. Remains externally focused. (Acts 2:14-21)
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Hey Mark. I was just trying to send Jen some information, and found it difficult to find her (or anyone’s) email address from the site (I know it comes up nicely on the newsletters). I finally found it, but am not sure if it went through (there wasn’t a clear way to tell). Sorry to be so old-school.
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