One thing that was clear from attending the National New Church Conference is that there is a "new ecumenism" that is developing amongst people who want to see disconnected people become connected to Christ.
Steve Childers mentioned this new ecumenism in his talk at the Best Practices pre-conference intensive and this was especially lived out there. At that intensive we heard from the Evangelical Free Church, Southern Baptists, General Baptists, the Presbyterian Church in America, Assemblies of God, Four Square and probably some I am forgetting. All were sharing because they had a kingdom mentality and kingdom approach to church planting and recognized that no one church, one denomination, one church planting network can reach the world or even one particular community.
This new ecumenism is not characterized by three churches getting together to have a Easter Sunrise Service or to protest the state lottery (as important as those things are) but is instead characterized by a heart to continue Jesus' mission to seek and save the lost.
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