John Frame's 'tri-perspectivalism' helps me understand Willow. The Willow Creek
style churches have a 'kingly' emphasis on leadership, strategic thinking, and
wise administration. The danger there is that the mechanical obscures how
organic and spontaneous church life can be. The Reformed churches have a 'prophetic' emphasis on preaching, teaching, and doctrine. The danger there is
that we can have a naïve and unBiblical view that, if we just expound the Word
faithfully, everything else in the church -- leader development, community
building, stewardship of resources, unified vision -- will just happen by
themselves. The emerging churches have a 'priestly' emphasis on community,
liturgy and sacraments, service and justice. The danger there is to view 'community' as the magic bullet in the same way Reformed people view preaching
Leadership