Another interesting yesterday at Danish Oase here in Odder, Denmark. Our Bible study this morning was a call to get us to consider again the robustness of the gospel and to avoid simplistic, reduced gospels — so I worked through some ideas in Embracing Grace. Today I will be giving my final address, this one on seven realities of a missional life.
Then we had a newspaper interview with a paper out of Copenhagen about the emerging movement — trying to clarify both the American scene and answer some questions about the Danish scene. In many ways, because the Danish Church hasn’t gone through the Jesus Movement, the Body-Life movement, and the massive impact denominational splintering has on the American church, the Danish kind of emerging movement will be considerably different. But, then I emphasized that I’m very new to the Danish emerging scene and have very few ideas that are fixed. There are some very impressive leaders here: both Henrik Holmgaard and Tomas (can’t remember his family name) are strong young leaders with a solid vision and courage to make it happen.
Kris and I took a long, long walk and we had dinner and then attended the worship service. I don’t know if I have said this, but there are 3000 people at this Danish Oase conference — and they can really worship in song. The evening music is a special treat for us. Kris got a picture of the band when they were practicing just before the service began.