{"id":2909,"date":"2007-11-23T00:20:10","date_gmt":"2007-11-23T00:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2007\/11\/consuming-jesus-6.html"},"modified":"2007-11-23T00:20:10","modified_gmt":"2007-11-23T00:20:10","slug":"consuming-jesus-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2007\/11\/consuming-jesus-6.html","title":{"rendered":"Consuming Jesus 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How then can we turn from a consumerist church to become a race-less and class-less church? This practical question drives chp 6 of Paul Metzger&#8217;s <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FConsuming-Jesus-Beyond-Divisions-Consumer%2Fdp%2F0802830684%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks%26qid%3D1194728160%26sr%3D1-1&amp;tag=jescre-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325\">Consuming Jesus<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=jescre-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important;margin:0px !important\" \/><\/em>. There has been lots of theology and lots of abstraction so far, and in this chp he gets down closer to some brass tacks of reality.<!--more|inline--><br \/>\nThe next book I will begin working through is Robert Webber&#8217;s last book, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FDivine-Embrace-Recovering-Passionate-Ancient-Future%2Fdp%2F0801065550%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks%26qid%3D1195748796%26sr%3D1-1&amp;tag=jescre-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325\">The Divine Embrace<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=jescre-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important;margin:0px !important\" \/><\/em>. Sorry for this late notice, but I will begin Webber&#8217;s book Monday.<br \/>\nWhat do you think of Metzger&#8217;s five proposals given below?<br \/>\nMetzger contends that the consumerist church is divisive &#8212; churches from members, churches from churches, churches from diversity. He proposes a &#8220;communal and co-missional model&#8221; (136). And he proposes &#8220;relocation&#8221; though he seems to mean by this a &#8220;permeability between churches&#8221; rather than everyone moving into the inner city.<br \/>\nHis operative word in this chapter is <em>redistribution<\/em>. And he makes five proposals:<br \/>\n1. Redistributing need: the haughtiness of give-only needs to give way to a give and receive model, where there is mutual exchange between all churches as they minister to one another. Including poorer groups ministering to wealthier groups.<br \/>\n2. Redistributing blame: we are all complicit in the racism and classism of the church.<br \/>\n3. Redistributing resources, talents and good: We should make all we can, save all we can and give all we can (using John Wesley&#8217;s famouis expression).<br \/>\n4. Redistributing ownership: taking ownership together and keeping the money inside a community. Here his focus is on community building.<br \/>\n5. Redistributing glory: the glory is God&#8217;s, not our local church&#8217;s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How then can we turn from a consumerist church to become a race-less and class-less church? This practical question drives chp 6 of Paul Metzger&#8217;s Consuming Jesus. 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