I think the sleepless nights are getting to Aaron. He woke up in the middle of the night and shoved my legs and pointed at me and yelled, “Your such a jerk Tim.” I knew that wasn’t like Aaron at all so I went out on a limb and said, “Dude, it was all a dream, I have been sleeping here the whole time.” Finally he realized that it was a dream, but there was definitely some uncomfortable moments while I waited for him to decide if it was a dream or ...
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Last night Aaron and I came off the streets to enjoy a Missional Community in my home with our friends from church. It was a sweet time. My couches have never looked so good or felt so soft. I am beginning to understand just how sleep depraved and tired living on the streets can be. Even as I write this I am realizing that sitting on our couch on a Friday night might be the most comfortable place a homeless person sits all week long. I am finding it very hard to ...
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It’s been about 24 hours and I don’t even know where to begin. Our first surprise came last night as Aaron and I waited for the bus to take us to the spot where we were going to spend the night with Chris. One of the homeless men we knew found out we were going to be spending the week on the streets and he immediately began warning us that it was spider season and many people were being bitten by Brown Recluses. He went on to describe what to avoid. Avoid ...
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In relation to God’s Word, Kaleo seeks to be a Gospel-centered church. A Gospel-Centered Church is committed to:
- Reading the whole Bible as the Gospel (Luke 24 hermeneutic)
- Preaching and teaching the Gospel to believers, not just unbelievers
- Preaching and teaching the Gospel in every sermon and every lesson
- Seeing the Gospel as the “milk” and “meat” of God’s Word
- Studying theology/doctrine to better understand the Gospel, not simply for more facts
- Viewing the world, the church, and ourselves through the lens of the Gospel
In relation to God’s church (ourselves), Kaleo seeks to be a grace-renewal church. A Grace-Renewal Church is committed to:
- Being renewed by grace every moment
- Becoming “new” people, not just “nice” people
- Believing the Gospel can change anyone, including ourselves
- Motivating others with grace, not guilt
- Solving all problems (personal, familial, church, social) with the Gospel
- Learning how the Gospel changes us and others (transformation vs. reformation)
- Loving others through the Gospel
- Community that seeks to “gospel” one another in love
In relation to God’s world, Kaleo seeks to be a missional church. A Missional Church is committed to:
- Living in mission “for” the city in which God has sovereignly placed us
- Learning to speak the language of our culture to make the Gospel as clear as possible
- Listening to people and their ’stories’
- Being a community that is counter-cultural rather than merely a Christian sub-culture
- Working in such a way that we live out the Gospel in our work and recreation
- Demonstrating the unity of church in our city
- Showing off the beauty of the Gospel by helping others in need through acts of mercy and generosity
- Seeing every believer in Christ as a missionary
- Understanding the flow of history is the activity of our missional
God at work restoring all things to himself by His Gospel (Luke 24)
- Structuring every ministry with a missionl texture towards the world for the sake of the lost
