Dale, I'm sorry I'm late jumping in here, but I have been reading
with fascination. I believe you are right in understanding your context
as the persons or situations that are or would be served by your ministry.
I, like David, see your ministry not only as ecumemical, but extra-ecclesial.
Opening the kind of doors to theological education online, as well as
supporting the kind of educational resources that make this available
to everyone, will not only appeal to the church but also will begin to
approach the problem of the church's perceived relevance in a technological
society. Several of us have a pretty clear focus on a more or less local
context of ministry. I think Gary and I are really struggling with the
reality of that at the moment. You are really faced with doing the wider
"PR" (I use that term in a very broad way that includes both
marketing and service delivery) that will make the terrain a little easier
for us all to travel.
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