The new Q&A Service at Antioch starts December 6th!!
We’re calling it redux, which means “brought back” or “restored.”
The whole idea is to restore the conversation. Religion is at its best when people are free to ask questions. It is at its worst when doubts, fears, questions, hang-ups, thought and issues are suppressed.
Jesus allowed questions. The Inquisition was designed to suppress questions.
Martin Luther began the Reformation by nailing 95 issues (called “theses”) to a church door in Wittenberg, Germany in an attempt to dialogue with others about the Christian faith in hopes of returning to a more authentic New Testament expression. His desire for dialogue was met with excommunication.
The mistake we often make is to believe that questions lead us further away from truth. Therefore, questions are bad.
The truth is that questions can facilitate greater understanding that lead us closer to truth. Therefore, questions – if answered in a way that leads to greater understanding, are good.
The Q&A Service is Antioch’s attempt to give church back to the people it was created for. It is our attempt to bring back and restore permission for people to ask questions and wrestle with faith – thus the name redux.
The fun starts December 6th!!
I’m very excited to see the response from the friends we all have that have been waiting for an environment to ask legitimate questions about faith, God, etc. This will be a breath of fresh air and I can’t wait to be part of it!!!
I love everything about the idea of this service! I love that I can bring my Skeptic friends and that there is a forum where I can ask and interact with the things rattling around in my head. I love the graphic and the name. I am just SO stoked that you all are offering a service that brings the authenticity back to church. It’s almost like being given permission to really be “me” at church–a person with genuine questions and doubts. I just hope it’s early enough that I can still hit the mountain before lunch!
Dude, I love it!!! I can’t wait to come.
Can’t wait to see how this turns out. It’s one of the cooler things I’ve heard of in church in a long time.
When we had the last Q&A at Antioch I was thinking, “We should do this every week!” I am stoked you read my mind. =]
I hope you are ready, because I’m brining a couple of friends who have a lot of questions!
so excited. definitely looking forward to the good things that will come from this. love it.