We've been using the Just People course at WCF over the last few weeks. It's a joint effort between TEAR Fund and Livability, and focusses on justice, compassion and integral mission. And it's been very good, has "grabbed" people and moved conversation along in the whole area of church, community and mission.
Last night we had a couple of guests who I interviewed as part of the evening; the local PCSO and a local councillor. It was an excellent time, eye-opening, challenging and practical. But at one or two points it also raised questions with me. It comes down to this, I think: It would be easy, in a predominantly middle-class community such as ours for the church's community involvement to be co-opted into becoming part of the overall "Let's keep a nice village feel to the area"movement. That may or may not be a good thing; and also may or may not reflect the values of the Kingdom of God. The challenge for us is to walk the tightrope of getting involved without finding that the agenda we are working too is basically someone else's other than Jesus'.
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