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Greg Boyd's Message to "Kingdom Radicals"

Posted Jul 9, 11:50 PM | 2 comments | by Editor | Link

On June 26, Greg Boyd wrote:

“There is a beautiful and powerful grassroots Kingdom movement arising all over the globe … Millions of people are abandoning the Christendom paradigm of the traditional Christian faith in order to become more authentic followers of Jesus. From the Emergent Church movement to the Urban Monastic Movement to a thousand other independent groups and movements, people are waking up to the truth that the Kingdom of God looks like Jesus and that the heart of Christianity is simply imitating him. Millions are waking up to the truth that followers of Jesus are called to love the unlovable, serve the oppressed, live in solidarity with the poor, proclaim Good News to the lost and be willing to lay down our life for our enemies. Multitudes are waking up to the truth that the distinctive mark of the Kingdom is the complete rejection of all hatred and violence and the complete reliance on love and service of others, including our worst enemies. Masses of people are waking up to the truth that followers of Jesus aren’t called to try to win the world by acquiring power over others but by exercising power under others—the power of self-sacrificial love.

“What many who are being caught up in this movement lack is a sense of tribal identity and historical rooting, and many are looking for his. A central feature of post-modernity is the longing to ‘live in a story’ that’s bigger than oneself. Many, therefore, are looking for a tradition they can align with.

“The only tradition that embodies what this rising breed of Kingdom radicals is looking for is the Anabaptist tradition (which the Mennonites are heir to).”

Read the rest of Boyd’s post to find out why he thinks Anabaptism is the “tribal identity” that best fits “this rising breed of Kingdom radicals.”

Check out Submergent to get connected with other emerging Anabaptists.

Read the full notes from the recent Submergent gathering in Seattle Philadelphia.

(HT: Jason Evans)

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