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When Jesus launched his one-man invasion of planet earth, he began by gathering a band of disciples to advance his kingdom-movement. He ended by entrusting his movement and his dreams to his inner circle with these words: "As the father sent me into the world, likewise I am sending you!" The mantle of the Jesus movement was not only taken up by the 12, but by the next generation (Stephen and Philip) and the next generation (Paul, Silas, Barnabas, Apollos) and the next generation (Timothy, John Mark, Titus) and beyond. Movement leaders gather people around tables and bread and wine and vision. Meals make movements. We are in the cafes and clubs and campuses of Romania to mobilize the next generation of Jesus' movement to overthrow injustice and exploitation and indifference. Table to table. Jesus style.

Monday, November 26, 2012

Our Church in Bucharest


The pastor is excellent, devoted, and constantly on the move all week long, herding sheep with his backpack on his back. He does it my way: He goes where are.

Today, pray for my church home in Bucharest. We love the pastor and his wife, Adi and Ana Caciula. he name means something like "Open Heaven" but in Romanian is is more like "Open Sky". (It is a quirky name even in Romanian.)

The church is a bit more needy. Like church people everywhere, they tend to show up and then go home. For 2 years he has asked that I pray for a warmer and keener sense of fellowship among the people. They need it. 

This Sunday we will have a fellowship dinner at the church. Alex, Nadia, and I will cook. We believe that building the intimacy of the fellowship is a gift we can impart there, even if we are newbies. LOL, most of them don't even recognize that we are newbies!

PRAY: Pray that on the suburban fringe of this city-of-strangers that the Gospel of Jesus will persuade people that we are not just adherents to one religion, nor one audience in the same theater, not viewers of the same channel. Let the love of God break forth and make us truly what our slogan professes: A Family of Disciples; O Familie de Uncenicii!



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