Week 3--Wednesday Class Reflection

I was glad to hear about a renewed emphasis on making the kingdom of God the rubric for missional theories and practices. I really like Brueggemann’s (and others) concept of regarding the Church as in exile in our post-institutional Christian society. The institutional Church represents triumphalism to many people, and I think the breakdown of the institutional Church in the West is a sign of our going into exile. It only makes sense that we act like we are in exile, which is compatible with a “Sermon on the Mount” and kingdom-based way of doing missions.