{"id":425,"date":"2008-09-29T08:19:33","date_gmt":"2008-09-29T14:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/wc\/?p=425"},"modified":"2008-09-29T08:19:33","modified_gmt":"2008-09-29T14:19:33","slug":"dangerous-congregations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/wc\/2008\/09\/dangerous-congregations\/","title":{"rendered":"Dangerous Congregations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve added a category on this blog called &#8220;Dangerous Worship.&#8221; Obviously, I ripped it from the title of Mark Labberton&#8217;s book,\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Dangerous-Act-Worship-Living-Justice\/dp\/0830833161\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1222697285&amp;sr=8-1\">The Dangerous Act of Worship: Living God&#8217;s Call to Justice<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll try to keep you posted on the dangers of worship in the Cov community&#8211; news stories and faith stories coming out of congregations who are doing Christ&#8217;s work in the world. Likewise, please post your own stories of dangerous worship as comments to any post in the DW category. If you&#8217;d like us to post your story as a new thread on this blog (pictures, links, details), just send it to us at: <a href=\"mailto:worship.connection@covchurch.org\">worship.connection@covchurch.org<\/a>, and we&#8217;ll get it up right away.<\/p>\n<p>Here are two stories that just appeared on the Covenant newswire.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.covchurch.org\/cov\/news\/item6605\">Kansas Congregation Takes \u2018Church\u2019 to the People<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.covchurch.org\/cov\/news\/item6607\">Church Doesn\u2019t Have to be Big to Do Big Things<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please post your response and encouragement to these congregations. Anyone from Mosaic or Herndon listening in? 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