{"id":387,"date":"2007-03-21T07:38:37","date_gmt":"2007-03-21T07:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jazztheologian\/2007\/03\/taking-it-to-th.html"},"modified":"2007-03-21T07:38:37","modified_gmt":"2007-03-21T07:38:37","slug":"taking-it-to-th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jazztheologian\/2007\/03\/taking-it-to-th.html","title":{"rendered":"Taking It To The Streets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This Friday I&#8217;ll be in Harrisburg, PA speaking at the Atlantic Conference for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bic-church.org\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Brethren in Christ<\/span><\/a>.&nbsp; This group of Christians desire to transform their communities with Christ.&nbsp; The conference is called, &quot;Taking It To The Streets.&quot;&nbsp; A phrase I use a lot as well for I believe that church is what happens when you leave the building of gathered saints.<\/p>\n<p>If I have internet while I&#8217;m there I&#8217;ll blog about these externally focused followers of Jesus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Friday I&#8217;ll be in Harrisburg, PA speaking at the Atlantic Conference for the Brethren in Christ.&nbsp; 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