Outlaw Preachers (re)Union Speaker Spotlight

With one day remaining before the first ever Outlaw Preachers (re)Union, I felt like we should take a moment to introduce some of the speakers for the (re)Union and the topics that they will be discussing with us. Click on the person’s name and it’ll take you to the individual articles. Main Session Speakers Adele [...]

Spirituality a la James Townsend

Ink Church is an oddity, at best. It’s called a “church.” Yet, the group that meets under the name at Books-A-Million every Thursday is the very antithesis of the kind of unified thought one would expect to find at a typical “church.” I see (as much as one who does not claim too much of a belief in the prophetic or supernatural can claim to “see”) pretty good things in store for Ink Church, although I constantly wonder these days what my place in such a group, whose central claims and focuses are the teachings and life of Jesus, is. I’m not much interested in Jesus, these days. But I still show up. And the folks there insist that this is okay. So I’m taking them at their word.

Why is it always a crack house?

by Marcus Gibbs writing for Culture Versus Christian   Why is it assumed from some groups that missing a Sunday morning will automatically send your child to a crack house? Maybe they go to college, get a job, and simply don’t believe the way their parents believe. Maybe we expect the worst out of people. [...]

The Wrong Question

by Marcus Gibbs I used to applaud myself on how open I was. I loved the odd, strange, and social outcasts. Perhaps I was identifying with people like myself, but I thought I was some sort of evolved Christian with special prophetic insights. Maybe I was; because I knew something still wasn’t right with this [...]

Why Do I Follow Jesus?

by James Townsend writing for The Human Condition I reject the virgin birth, sinless life, divinity, and physical resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. And that’s just a short list of the traditional Christian doctrines that I don’t buy into.There are a lot of open-minded, gracious people out there who consider themselves Christians who are not [...]

Creed of Negatives: Exclusion

This is the 3rd installment in the series: A Creed of Negatives Creed of Negatives: Exclusion by James Townsend 4. I don’t believe that Christianity is the only right religion, and I don’t believe that Jesus is the only way to heaven, or God, or what have you. I think that one of the most enjoyable things [...]

Our Own Language

by Marcus Gibbs Disclaimer: I like to goof on things; even things I do and am a part of. I’ve often accused the church of using language at no one else understands. We have phrases, terminology, and inflections that convey meaning to a very small group of people. Aware of that, we have tried to [...]

My Reconstruction

Last month, a bunch of folks got together at a conference called transFORM: East Coast Gathering. Since then, I’ve had a fairly steady stream of calls, emails, and messages from people. I could say a lot about the things we’ve discussed, but the bottom line is: This conference messed up a lot of people. Not [...]