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The place to begin in mapping a generous orthodoxy is the Kingdom of God as the vision Jesus gave to us for God\u2019s redemptive work on this earth. As I said before, this map of mine is preciptiated by Brian McLaren\u2019s Generous Orthodoxy<\/span>, and I guess the subtitle for this little effort is \u201cWhy I am Kingdom-al.\u201d But it does no good to the Christian story unless that Kingdom is understood in both terms of Orthodoxy and Generosity.<\/p>\n

Orthodoxy<\/span><\/p>\n

Now I\u2019ve blogged aplenty on Kingdom of God, beginning here<\/a>, and won\u2019t repeat myself. The Kingdom of God is the society where the will of God, as taught by Jesus, is done. And that Kingdom is a redemptive work in the triune God designed to restore humans to union with God and communion with one another, for the good of others and the world. Nothing less will do. I am working my understanding of the gospel in Jesus Creed<\/span><\/a> and in Embracing Grace<\/span><\/a> which is due out this fall.<\/p>\n

Beginning with Kingdom of God is beginning with the \u201cplan of God.\u201d Our summons is to join God in God\u2019s Kingdom work. If you read my blogs on Kingdom, you will also know that the Kingdom of God cannot be divorced from the Church: the Church is designed to be the alternative society of Jesus in this world that transcends its \u201calternative status\u201d by being a missional community of faith<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Generosity<\/span><\/p>\n

As a missional community of Jesus, each local community is designed to be a Kingdom missional community. Missional communities are not so much \u201cbuildings\u201d and \u201cplaces to go\u201d but a community of faith where a society brushes up against the grace of God because the community of faith is a presence of grace. The singular grace the community of faith has to offer to society is Jesus Christ and this grace is \u201cperformed\u201d by the local community of faith.<\/p>\n

This means that the missional community is essentially generous<\/span>: it is the \u201cgift\u201d of God of humans who are filled with grace and minister the grace of reconciliation and justice and peace and love to the local society. It is essentially \u201cfor others\u201d and ministering \u201cto others\u201d and serving others.<\/p>\n

Kingdom work that is marked by Generosity is manifested in the five \u201cLs\u201d of Love: a missional community mediates the love of God (God\u2019s grace) to others by Looking into the neighborhood, Listening to the needs of that neighborhood, Learning about the needs and how to meet the needs, Linking to the neighborhood in concrete ways, and doing so in a Local context. This is what it means to be a missional community in the Kingdom of God. It is not enough to listen and learn about the Bible as it is preached, nor is it enough to sit in a local church and ingest the Sacraments. Word and Sacrament are designed to create Missional communities of faith that aim at the Kingdom of God.<\/p>\n

Generous (evangelical) orthodoxy begins right here: Kingdom of God.<\/p>\n

Generous (evangelical) orthodoxy is for the whole Church because it is for the whole world \u2014 because God is for the whole world.<\/p>\n

I do think there is a way to push forward to a genuine ecumenical place for all Christians where we can have churches that transcend the old differences that prevent Kingdom of God from being little more than \u201cdenominational persuasion\u201d. But, it can\u2019t be done without very, very careful and lengthy work by folks who can see the past and map the future in light of that past. That past begins with Kingdom of God.<\/p>\n

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