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Articles: Get your Prayer teeth into this .................
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Tuesday, March 28, 2006 - 10:37 AM, (728 Reads)
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We meet with the Baptist Union tomorrow night to discuss the future of PV@Fishergate
The following is a brief synopsis of a much larger document...
Please PRAY!
Fishergate Baptist Church & Preston Vineyard proposed alliance summary:
We believe that the churches of Fishergate can assist in the rebuilding and re marketing of church as a hub of society again. A place where people will want to come to for company, for relaxation, for entertainment, for edification, for love and acceptance and God willing, to meet with Him. By simply opening our doors in a socially and culturally relevant way we will have begun a process of serving and loving people. We believe that as an alliance we can reach out and serve the people of Preston.
Regardless of their age, race, creed, colour, morals, sexuality, political persuasion, their wealth or lack of it. We believe that we can become a friend to all.
The Up and Outs as well as the Down and Outs.
Our long term vision is to see the Fishergate building as home to vibrant congregations of churches and secular users which will not only share building space, but also a growing list of programmatic initiatives, including:
Church services (conventional, contemporary, alternative), Worship, Youth work, Sunday School, Arts forum; Coffee House, Concert venue, Gallery, Conference venue, drop in centre & counselling.
The alliance would benefit from a shared budget, shared stewardship work, and shared local mission projects. It would be based on a permission given spirit of embracing differing styles not a we've always done it that way mentality.
All congregations may maintain a strong commitment to their respective denominations and their personal identity but the hope is that a fundamental characteristic will develop as the relationship grows and the differences will become less apparent and eventually disappear.
One of the important things we must learn is to be considerate and compassionate to the needs of the all parties both in our worship / services styles and in making decisions about the building. One of the complications of uniting a traditionally conventional group of Christians with a group that is traditionally un-conventional is the practical difference in approach. While one congregation may find comfort in the familiarity of its setting, the other may feel threatened by what it represents. This requires that any development must be in continuation with the hearts and visions of both congregations as we walk forward in decision making.
Please pray for God's guidance in our discussions.
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