The Congregation as Hermeneutic of the Gospel
In the 18th chapter of Newbigin’s book The Gospel in a Pluralist Society, he offers six marks of a community of faith that is true to her calling. He says that this community will be…
1. A community of praise.
2. A community of truth.
3. A community that does not live for itself but is deeply involved in the concerns of is neighborhood.
4. A community where men and women are prepared and sustained in the exercise of the priesthood in the world.
5. A community of mutual responsibility.
6. A community of hope.
Would you add any other marks to your list?
In some way would love to see a combination of 3 and 4 yet acknowledge they stand alone. A community must learn love within itself, and by 4, informed by that love, the second half of 3 begins/is sustained.
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