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title: Being Human S2E09
date: 2021-02-11T06:00:00+00:00
author: Tim Coysh
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The pandemic has challenged how all of us think about community. Our assumptions have been exposed. We find ourselves rethinking what it means to be a human in community.

The church has a long tradition of prophets and reformers who have challenged and deconstructed for the sake of rebuilding on a firm foundation. While not all deconstruction is constructive, some Christian leaders are using this moment to realign our church practices with our God-given mandate and mission.

So what is the church when we gather? What about when we scatter? Join the conversation with Jo and Peter for another episode of Being Human.

 

 

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  **Introduction** **(0:00)**

00:15 Follow us on Twitter or check out our website beinghu​man​pro​ject​.co​.uk

02:44 This we’re looking at community and the church. The pandemic has shaped and exposed so much about how we think about our interconnection.

08:50 The church is designed to be a model community for the world, but the pandemic has challenged even the church’s approach to community

**Act I (11:10)**

11:20 The biblical prophets, church reformers, and other thinkers have given us a long tradition of deconstructing to rethinking how

13:40 Sometimes deconstructions are simply attempting to tear down without rebuilding on a Biblical foundation.

17:34 The pandemic has given us an opportunity to rethink how the church forms community and has been an incredible challenge for pastors and church leaders.

**Act II (19:39)**

19:49 The gathering has always been an important component of the church and how we form and disciple Christians.

23:26 Some churches are renewing an interest in our communal confessions of shared truths.

27:27 What is encouraging about the way many churches are approaching the pandemic is that it shows they are thinking about God’s design afresh.

**Act III (28:56)**

29:06 The scattered church is essential to the mission Jesus gave the early church and has been carried on until now.

31:50 Our worship is not simply about what happens when we gather to serve God but includes our work that serves our neighbor.

**Conclusion (35:44)**

35:54 The church, in all its brokenness and pain, is the hope for the future. Because it’s in the church, the body of Christ, where we can meet Jesus.

 

 

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